Horn Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Cherry County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 100.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 98.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Merritt Dam Member (Ash Hollow Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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

PaleoDB collection 18202: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• see Skinner and Johnson 1984 p. 309
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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras major
Teleoceras major Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
"Horn Quarry", but listed as "Cap Rock Member"
 Carnivora - Canidae
Epicyon saevus
Epicyon saevus Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog