Hemingford Quarry 17 (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UNSM Bx-17

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

Primary reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1947. Merychyinae, a subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88(4):157-286 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17943: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus elegans Leidy 1858 oreodont