Snake Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Sinclair Q. No. 1

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: subcycle 1 Member (Olcott Formation), Early/Lower Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 17996: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 17.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Brachycrus siouense Sinclair 1915 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
"Dromomeryx whitfordi" = Dromomeryx borealis
"Dromomeryx whitfordi" = Dromomeryx borealis Cope 1877 ruminant
"Quarry No. 1, 1932"; may include postcrania of "Cranioceras unicornis" with identical locality information