Carlson Quarry (Miocene to of the United States)

Where: Hitchcock County, Nebraska (40.1° N, 100.9° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 98.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ogallala Formation, Barstovian to Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

• said to be from the Republican River Beds (= Ogallala Formation) and early Hemphillian, but Korth and Baskin (2009) suggest that it might be the same as Hazard Homestead Quarry (Barstovian) and certainly nothing excludes it from the Clarendonian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• no lithology or paleoenvironment info given

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Black Hills Institute of Geological Research specimen

Primary reference: J.-D. Lim and L. D. Martin. 2001. New evidence for plant-eating in a Miocene mustelid. Current Science 81(3):314-317 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22852: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

• no taxa other than Leptarctus are discussed
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Leptarctus desuii n. sp." = Leptarctus wortmani
"Leptarctus desuii n. sp." = Leptarctus wortmani Matthew 1924 mustelid carnivore