Hemingford Quarry 7 (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UNSM Bx-7

Where: Box Butte County, Nebraska (42.2° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° 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

Reposited in the UNSM

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: W. W. Korth, B. E. Bailey, and R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1990. Geomyoid rodents from the early Hemingfordian (Miocene) of Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 59(1):25-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17932: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• the small mammal fauna, including the type specimen of Fanimus ultimus, is actually from Quarry 7B (see)
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Leptocyon leidyi3, Phlaocyon marslandensis4, Cynarctoides acridens4, Metatomarctus canavus4, Desmocyon matthewi4
Leptocyon leidyi3 Tedford et al. 2009 canine
Phlaocyon marslandensis4 McGrew 1941 bone-crushing dog
Cynarctoides acridens4 Barbour and Cook 1914 bone-crushing dog
Metatomarctus canavus4 Simpson 1932 bone-crushing dog
Desmocyon matthewi4 Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Pseudotrimylus blacki n. sp.2
Pseudotrimylus blacki n. sp.2 Martin and Lim 2004 shrew
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Priusaulax sp.1
Priusaulax sp.1 Korth and Bailey 2006 beaver
UNSM 119841
1Korth and Bailey 2006; 2Martin and Lim 2004; 3Tedford et al. 2009; 4Wang et al. 1999