Hemingford Quarry 23 (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UNSM Bx-23

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: R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Amphicyonidae. 196-227 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17945: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum1 Peterson 1910 bear-dog
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus elegans2 Leidy 1858 oreodont