Mizner Slide (Devil's Gulch) (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Meisner Quarry; Meisner Slide; Misner Locality; Mizner Quarry; UNSM Cr-18

Where: Cherry County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 100.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 97.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Devil's Gulch Member (Valentine Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18266: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• although the main collecting locality is in the Devil's Gulch Member, the local section yields fossils from several other units
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Ischyrocyon sp.1
Ischyrocyon sp.1 Matthew and Gidley 1904 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Canidae
Leptocyon vafer3, Aelurodon ferox
Leptocyon vafer3 Leidy 1858 canine
Aelurodon ferox Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
"Devil's Gulch Member... Meisner Quarry"
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Prodipoides burgensis2, Prodipoides dividerus2
Prodipoides burgensis2 Korth 2002 beaver
Prodipoides dividerus2 Stirton 1935 beaver
1Hunt 1998; 2Korth 2008; 3Tedford et al. 2009