Syndyoceras Quarry ( of the United States)
Also known as Syndyoceras Hill
Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 98.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Harrison Formation, Harrisonian (24.8 - 18.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: M. S. Stevens. 1991. Osteology, Systematics, and Relationships of Earliest Miocene Mesocyon venator (Carnivora: Canidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(1):45-66 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 17846: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
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Taxonomic list
• Harrison Fm. sensu stricto: Hunt 1985a
see Patton and Taylor 1971 for precise locality data
see Patton and Taylor 1971 for precise locality data
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"Temnocyon" percussor n. sp.4
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"Mesocyon venator n. sp." = Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus, Leptocyon cf. gregorii1, "Nothocyon regulus n. sp." = Desmocyon thomsoni3, Cynarctoides acridens6, "Nothocyon minor" = Phlaocyon minor3
"Mesocyon venator n. sp." = Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus Cope 1881 canid provenance is more questionable than Stevens believes according to Wang 1994
Cynarctoides acridens6 Barbour and Cook 1914 bone-crushing dog "First hill south of Synyoceras Hill, 0.5 mi west of Agate, Harrison Formation"
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"Leptomeryx agatensis n. sp." = Leptomeryx obliquidens2
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"Nanotragulus matthewi n. sp." = Nanotragulus ordinatus2
"Nanotragulus matthewi n. sp." = Nanotragulus ordinatus2 Matthew 1907 ruminant near types of L. agatensis and S. cooki in same horizon
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Syndyoceras cooki n. sp.5
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"Metacaenopus egregius n. sp." = Diceratherium niobrarense5
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