Quartz Basin (UO 2453) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Malheur County, Oregon (43.6° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 114.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holdout Member (Deer Butte Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1968. Miocene mammals of southeast Oregon. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 14:1-67 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 19010: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus relictus Cope 1889 horse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae