Burge Talus (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Cherry County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 100.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 98.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Burge Member (Valentine Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 18079: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

• not discussed by Skinner and Johnson 1984
if locality description is accurate, this is at least 1 mi S of Burge Quarry
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Carpocyon webbi Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog