Also known as Chan. Bed Sheep Cr. 21; Quarry 2; Quarry 21; Sheep Creek Quarry; Sinclair Q. No. 4
Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 100.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: subcycle 1 Member (Olcott Formation), Early/Lower Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18004: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
Alligator thomsoni n. sp.4
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"Platypeltis miocaenus n. sp." = Trionyx miocaenus
"Platypeltis miocaenus n. sp." = Trionyx miocaenus Matthew 1924 softshell turtle Matthew 1924: trionychid
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Mammalia | |
"Euoplocyon praedator n. sp." = Euoplocyon brachygnathus, Psalidocyon marianae6, Paracynarctus sinclairi n. sp.6, Tomarctus hippophaga n. sp.
"Euoplocyon praedator n. sp." = Euoplocyon brachygnathus Douglass 1903 bone-crushing dog
Tomarctus hippophaga n. sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 bone-crushing dog gender corrected by Wang et al. 1999
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Sthenictis dolichops n. sp. Matthew 1924 mustelid carnivore | |
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Procamelus leptocolon Matthew 1909 camel | |
Merychyus relictus Matthew and Cook 1909 oreodont see Schultz and Falkenbach 1947, as from "Quarry 4"
Brachycrus siouense Sinclair 1915 oreodont described by Schultz and Falkenbach 1940 as from "Sheep Creek Quarry" and "Sinclair Quarry 4"
"Ticholeptus hypsodus" = Ticholeptus zygomaticus Cope 1878 oreodont see Schultz and Falkenbach 1941 under "Quarry 4"
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"Brachyerix incertis n. sp." = Metechinus fergusoni
"Brachyerix incertis n. sp." = Metechinus fergusoni Henshaw 1942 hedgehog |