Hemingford Quarry 12B (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UNSM Bx-12B; UNSM Bx-71

Where: Box Butte County, Nebraska (42.2° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 99.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Runningwater Formation, Early/Lower Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

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 17940: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycochoerus proprius3 Leidy 1858 oreodont
sensu stricto
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynarctoides acridens Barbour and Cook 1914 bone-crushing dog
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon galushai2 Hunt 2003 bear-dog
Daphoenodon sp.1 Peterson 1909 bear-dog