Jenkins Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 100.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: subcycle 2 Member (Olcott Formation), Early/Lower Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17956: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Acritohippus isonesus1 Cope 1889 horse
Supplemental Table S1
Hypohippus pertinax Matthew 1918 anchitheriine horse
Desmatippus integer Matthew 1924 anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras medicornutum2 Osborn 1904 rhinoceros
Aphelops megalodus2 Cope 1873 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Pseudoparablastomeryx scotti Frick 1937 ruminant
described by Taylor and Webb 1976
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Ticholeptus hypsodus" = Ticholeptus zygomaticus
"Ticholeptus hypsodus" = Ticholeptus zygomaticus Cope 1878 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
"Dyseohyus stirtoni" = Stirtonhyus xiphodonticus
"Dyseohyus stirtoni" = Stirtonhyus xiphodonticus Barbour 1925 peccary
described by Woodburne 1969
 Carnivora - Canidae
Leptocyon leidyi3 Tedford et al. 2009 canine
Tomarctus brevirostris4 Cope 1873 bone-crushing dog
Tomarctus hippophaga4 Matthew and Cook 1909 bone-crushing dog