Rattlesnake Gulch Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Rattlesnake Canyon Quarry

Where: Brown County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 100.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 96.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Devil's Gulch Member (Valentine Formation), Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18337: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• see Skinner and Johnson 1984 p. 284
unclassified
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Merycodontini indet.
"Rattlesnake Canyon" in Brown County
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Leptocyon vafer3 Leidy 1858 canine
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras medicornutum2 Osborn 1904 rhinoceros
Aphelops megalodus2 Cope 1873 rhinoceros
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Eucastor tortus1 Leidy 1858 beaver