Hesperopithecus Site (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Quarry C

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 101.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Laucomer Member (Snake Creek Formation), Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 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 18197: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuinae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mionictis pristinus Matthew and Gidley 1904 otter
 Carnivora - Canidae
Epicyon sp. Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
Aves
 Galliformes - Cracidae
Boreortalis phengitis n. sp. chachalaca
Wetmore 1923