Usage:
Rhinoceros Hill local fauna (informal) in Ogallala Formation (KS-recognized locally in Wallace Co.)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene; Hemphillian NALMA)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from "Rhinoceros Hill," in SE/4 NE/4 sec. 11, T. 11 S., R. 38 W., [Harris Draw East and McAllister 7.5-min quadrangles], in northwestern part of Wallace Co., northwestern KS. Hill named by H.T. Martin, "head of the expeditions" (Elias, 1931).
AAPG geologic province:
Anadarko basin
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