Creighton Quarry (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Knox County, Nebraska (42.6° N, 98.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 95.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)
• said to be Clarendonian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. J. Mead. 1999. Enamel hypoplasia in Miocene rhinoceroses (Teleoceras) from Nebraska; evidence of severe physiological stress. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(2):391-397 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18107: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• presumably from the Ogallala Group in the Great Plains; placement is a guess based on presence of Ogallala sediments and a large town called Creighton in this county and state
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Teleoceras major Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros | |