Boulder 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: Olcott Formation, Early/Lower Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17880: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• subcycle unknown: Skinner et al. 1977
Aves
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Pediohierax ramenta1 Wetmore 1936 raptor
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon ingens6 Matthew 1924 bear-dog
Pliocyon sp.3 Matthew 1918 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynarctoides acridens Barbour and Cook 1914 bone-crushing dog
Paracynarctus sinclairi Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog
Tomarctus hippophaga Matthew and Cook 1909 bone-crushing dog
Tomarctus brevirostris Cope 1873 bone-crushing dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus coloradense2 Osborn 1918 horse
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Neohipparion sp.4 Gidley 1903 hipparionine horse
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Scaphohippus intermontanus4 Merriam 1915 horse
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Hypohippus sp.4 Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse
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 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops megalodus5 Cope 1873 rhinoceros
Teleoceras medicornutum5 Osborn 1904 rhinoceros