Emry Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Brown County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 100.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 97.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Merritt Dam Member (Ash Hollow Formation), Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: D. B. Wright. 1998. Tayassuidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 389-401 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18145: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• 131 F:AM specimens: Skinner and Johnson 1984
unclassified
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"Clarendonian peccary" sp.
Machaerodus Quarry form
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops megalodus2 Cope 1873 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Skinnerhyus shermerorum3 Prothero and Pollen 2013 peccary
Machaerodus Quarry form
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major1
"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major1 Leidy 1858 oreodont