Alligator mefferdi Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as George Sawyer Ranch

Where: Cherry County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 100.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 98.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Merritt Dam Member (Ash Hollow Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

• "upper portion of Ash Hollow Formation"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: C. C. Mook. 1946. A new Pliocene alligator from Nebraska. American Museum Novitates 1311:1-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18028: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997

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Taxonomic list

• "at least 18 specimens" including alligator, comprising "several other taxa" (Skinner and Johnson 1984)
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator mefferdi n. sp. Mook 1946 alligator
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major
"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major Leidy 1858 oreodont