Princeton Loc. 1000C (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Chan. C. Hor.; East Sand Quarry; West Surface Quarry

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 100.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Olcott Formation, Early/Lower Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17983: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• name also used for North Wall Quarry and Sinclair Quarry
includes both subcycle 2 and subcycle 3
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras medicornutum2 Osborn 1904 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Protolabis princetonianus n. sp." = Miolabis fissidens4
"Protolabis princetonianus n. sp." = Miolabis fissidens4 Cope 1876 camel
PU 12053
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
"Blastomeryx medius" = Blastomeryx gemmifer1
"Blastomeryx medius" = Blastomeryx gemmifer1 Cope 1874 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
"Dromomeryx whitfordi n. sp." = Dromomeryx borealis4, Drepanomeryx falciformis n. sp.1
"Dromomeryx whitfordi n. sp." = Dromomeryx borealis4 Cope 1877 ruminant
PU 12054
Drepanomeryx falciformis n. sp.1 Sinclair 1915 ruminant
of Sinclair 1915 additional specimens from "Sinclair Draw, Sheep Creek Channel"
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Neotragocerus improvisus4 Matthew and Cook 1909 antelope
PU 12016
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Brachycrus siouense n. sp.3 Sinclair 1915 oreodont
 Carnivora - Felidae
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
? Amphicyon sp.4 Lartet 1836 bear-dog
"?Amphicyon sp. indesc."; PU 12078
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Martes glareae n. sp." = Plionictis ogygia, Brachypsalis obliquidens n. sp.
"Martes glareae n. sp." = Plionictis ogygia Matthew 1901 mustelid carnivore
Brachypsalis obliquidens n. sp. Sinclair 1915 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Aelurodon cf. wheelerianus" = Aelurodon ferox4
"Aelurodon cf. wheelerianus" = Aelurodon ferox4 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
PU 12068