Ravine Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 99.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: middle Member (Sheep Creek Formation), Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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 17987: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Protomarctus optatus3 Matthew 1924 bone-crushing dog
Cynarctoides acridens3 Barbour and Cook 1914 bone-crushing dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Archaeohippus penultimus Matthew 1924 anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotheriidae indet.1 Gill 1872 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops megalodus2 Cope 1873 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus relictus Matthew and Cook 1909 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
"Prosthennops xiphodonticus" = Stirtonhyus xiphodonticus4
"Prosthennops xiphodonticus" = Stirtonhyus xiphodonticus4 Barbour 1925 peccary