Joe's Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Laramie County, Wyoming (41.3° N, 105.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 101.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: uppermost Member ("middle Miocene" Formation), Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. Cassiliano. 1980. Stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology of the Horse Creek-Trail Creek area, Laramie County, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 19(1):25-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17957: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• NISP 28
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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus cf. insignis
Merychippus cf. insignis Leidy 1856 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops megalodus
Aphelops megalodus Cope 1873 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Aepycamelus sp., Miolabis fissidens
Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956 camel
Miolabis fissidens Cope 1876 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Merycodus sp.
Merycodus sp. Leidy 1854 pronghorn