Hemingford B 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; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 17927: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Desmocyon matthewi Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog
"'B' Quarry"
Cynarctoides acridens Barbour and Cook 1914 bone-crushing dog
"'B' Quarry"
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Menoceras marslandense" = Menoceras barbouri4
"Menoceras marslandense" = Menoceras barbouri4 Wood 1964 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycochoerus sp.5 Leidy 1858 oreodont
Merychyus elegans6 Leidy 1858 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Problastomeryx primus3, "Pseudoblastomeryx marsa" = Pseudoblastomeryx advena1
Problastomeryx primus3 Matthew 1908 musk deer
"Pseudoblastomeryx marsa" = Pseudoblastomeryx advena1 Matthew 1907 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Barbouromeryx trigonocorneus2 Barbour and Schultz 1934 ruminant
"B Quarry Locality" (apparently meaning in Dawes County on Antelope Creek); mentioned in passing by Stirton 1944
Aletomeryx sp.2 Lull 1920 ruminant
"gracilis-sized"; see also Stirton 1944