Elliott Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Elliott Place, Elliott Ranch

Where: Brown County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 100.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 96.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Devil's Gulch Member (Valentine Formation), Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18144: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• 45 F:AM specimens: Skinner and Johnson 1984
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Arctonasua sp.1 Baskin 1982 procyonid carnivore
"A. sp. A"
 Carnivora - Canidae
Paratomarctus temerarius Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
"Elliot Place"
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Protohippus perditus3 Leidy 1858 horse
pers. commun.
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras medicornutum5 Osborn 1904 rhinoceros
Peraceras profectum5 Matthew 1899 rhinoceros
Peraceras superciliosum5 Cope 1880 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Cosoryx furcatus2 Leidy 1869 pronghorn
immature skull
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Blastomeryx gemmifer2 Cope 1874 musk deer
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Prodipoides dividerus4 Stirton 1935 beaver