Lost Quarry (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Wallace County, Kansas (38.9° N, 101.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 100.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: D. K. Bennett. 1979. The Fossil Fauna From Lost And Found Quarries (Hemphillian: Latest Miocene), Wallace County, Kansas. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 79:1-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18241: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

• Epicyon ("Aelurodon") haydeni specimen is reworked
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Agriotherium sp.
Agriotherium sp. Wagner 1837 bear
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Plesiogulo marshalli
Plesiogulo marshalli Martin 1928 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Felidae
Pratifelis martini n. sp.
Pratifelis martini n. sp. Hibbard 1934 cat
see Hibbard 1934
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophagus secundus
Borophagus secundus VanderHoof 1931 bone-crushing dog
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Pediomeryx sp.
Pediomeryx sp. Stirton 1936 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuinae indet.
Tayassuinae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera Matthew 1909 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Dinohippus interpolatus, Astrohippus ansae, Nannippus lenticularis
Dinohippus interpolatus Cope 1893 horse
Astrohippus ansae Matthew and Stirton 1930 horse
Nannippus lenticularis Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops sp.
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros