Prosynthetoceras Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Synthetoceras Quarry

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

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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 17985: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops megalodus4 Cope 1873 rhinoceros
Teleoceras medicornutum4 Osborn 1904 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Moropus merriami2 Holland and Peterson 1913 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Desmatippus integer Matthew 1924 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
"Prosthennops xiphodonticus" = Stirtonhyus xiphodonticus1, Hesperhys vagrans5
"Prosthennops xiphodonticus" = Stirtonhyus xiphodonticus1 Barbour 1925 peccary
Hesperhys vagrans5 Douglass 1903 peccary
F:AM 143843
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Lambdoceras siouxensis1 Frick 1937 protoceratid
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon sp.3 Lartet 1836 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynarctoides acridens6 Barbour and Cook 1914 bone-crushing dog