Also known as Merycodus Quarry; UNSM Cr-15
Where: Cherry County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 100.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 97.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Crookston Bridge Member (Valentine Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate paleontology of the proposed Norden Reservoir Area, Brown, Cherry and Keya Paha counties, Nebraska. Technical Report, Division of Archeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska 82-09 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 18109: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Richard Hulbert
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Protohippus perditus7 Leidy 1858 horse may include specimen of Skinner and Johnson 1984 from above quarry but in the same member: see their section 27, p. 339
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Merycodus warreni7 Leidy 1858 pronghorn includes type of "Merycodus warreni johnsoni": see Frick 1937
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Leptocyon vafer7 Leidy 1858 canine may include specimen of Skinner and Johnson 1984 from just above quarry but in the same member: see their section 27, p. 339
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Mionictis sp.2 Matthew 1924 otter said to be new and the same as Myers Farm species; listed as M. sp. by Voorhies 1990, and Mionictis omitted from Myers Farm by Voorhies
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