Hemingford Quarry 24 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Dawes County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 99.2° W)

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• 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: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1940. Merycochoerinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77(5):213-306 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17946: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycochoerus proprius, Mediochoerus johnsoni n. sp.
Merycochoerus proprius Leidy 1858 oreodont
sensu stricto
Mediochoerus johnsoni n. sp. Schultz and Falkenbach 1941 oreodont
"From 100 yds. N. of Hemingford Quarry 24, N. and E. of Hemingford in Dawes County, Nebraska"