Dunlap Camel Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Dawes County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 99.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Runningwater Formation, Early/Lower Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. A. Baskin. 1981. Barbourofelis (Nimravidae) and Nimravides (Felidae), with a Description of Two New Species from the Late Miocene of Florida. Journal of Mammalogy 62(1):122-139 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 17898: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Gruiformes - Gruidae
Balearicinae indet.4 Brasil 1913 crane
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Anchitheriomys stouti n. sp.1 Korth 2001 beaver
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Menoceras barbouri8 Wood 1964 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Parahippus tyleri" = Desmatippus tyleri5
"Parahippus tyleri" = Desmatippus tyleri5 Loomis 1908 anchitheriine horse
F:AM 142498
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus elegans11 Leidy 1858 oreodont
Merycochoerus proprius10 Leidy 1858 oreodont
sensu stricto
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Aletomeryx gracilis9 Lull 1920 ruminant
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynarctoides acridens14 Barbour and Cook 1914 bone-crushing dog
Leptocyon vulpinus12 Matthew 1907 canine
Osbornodon scitulus13 Hay 1924 canid
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Edaphocyon lautus n. sp.2 Baskin 1982 procyonid carnivore
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Leptarctus cf. ancipidens3 White 1941 mustelid carnivore
Craterogale cf. simus3 Gazin 1936 mustelid carnivore
AMNH 25348
Brachypsalis sp.3 Cope 1890 mustelid carnivore
"Specimen UF 246361 compares well with some of the AMNH specimens of Brachypsalis from the early Hemingfordian Dunlap Camel Quarry, Runningwater Formation, Dawes County, Nebraska"
Oligobunis sp.3 Cope 1881 mustelid carnivore
AMNH 25356
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon galushai n. sp.6 Hunt 2003 bear-dog
Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum7 Peterson 1910 bear-dog