Fat Chance Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UNSM Kp-103

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

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate paleontology of the proposed Norden Reservoir Area, Brown, Cherry and Keya Paha counties, Nebraska. Technical Report, Division of Archeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska 82-09 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 18156: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

• NISP 9
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.2
Gomphotheriidae indet.2 Hay 1922 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
cf. Hippotherium sp.1
cf. Hippotherium sp.1 Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp.2
Teleoceras sp.2 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merychyus cf. major" = Ustatochoerus major1
"Merychyus cf. major" = Ustatochoerus major1 Leidy 1858 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
cf. Aepycamelus sp.2, cf. Procamelus sp.2
cf. Aepycamelus sp.2 Macdonald 1956 camel
cf. Procamelus sp.2 Leidy 1858 camel
1Alroy 2002; 2Voorhies 1990