Osbornoceros Quarry (Neogene of the United States)

Also known as Leyden Quarry; Lyden Quarry; ESP. 251-535

Where: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (36.5° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 105.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chamita Formation, Late/Upper Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the AMNH

• Frick collection made in 1935

Primary reference: R. H. Tedford and S. F. Barghoorn. 1993. Road Log Neogene geology of the Española Basin, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 2:169-178 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19473: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• identity with Leyden Quarry based on placement of O. osborni type by Frick 1937

•stratigraphic level relative to type Chamita section is NOT determinate but is assumed based on fauna

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis ferox" = Eucyon ferox4, Borophagus secundus1, Vulpes stenognathus
"Canis ferox" = Eucyon ferox4 Miller and Carranza-Castaneda 1998 canine
Borophagus secundus1 VanderHoof 1931 bone-crushing dog
Vulpes stenognathus Savage 1941 fox
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Chamitaxus avitus n. gen. n. sp.2
Chamitaxus avitus n. gen. n. sp.2 Owen 2006 badger
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Megatylopus sp.
Megatylopus sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Osbornoceros osborni n. sp., Plioceros blicki
Osbornoceros osborni n. sp. Frick 1937 pronghorn
see Frick 1937
Plioceros blicki Frick 1937 pronghorn
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops mutilus3
Aphelops mutilus3 Matthew 1924 rhinoceros
"Opposite Lyden Quarry"
1Alroy 2002; 2Owen 2006; 3Prothero 2005; 4Tedford et al. 2009