• Source: Runningwater Formation

The Runningwater Formation is a geologic formation in Nebraska. It preserves fossils dating back to the Hemingfordian of the Early Miocene of the Neogene period. The sandstones and conglomerates of the formation were deposited in a fluvial environment. The formation has provided many fossil mammals.




Fossil content


Among the following fossils have been found in the formation:

Mammals

Reptiles
Macrochelys schmidti
Rhineura marslandensis
Sceloporus sp.




See also


List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nebraska
Paleontology in Nebraska




References






= Bibliography

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Hunt Jr, Robert M.; Yatkola, Daniel A. (2020), "A new species of the amphicyonid carnivore Cynelos Jourdan, 1862 from the early Miocene of North America", Geodiversitas, 42 (5): 57–67, doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a5

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