Hans Johnson 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: C. B. Schultz, M. Schultz, and L. D. Martin. 1970. A new Tribe of Saber-toothed cats (Barbourofelini) from the Pliocene of North America. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 9(1):1-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 18214: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• 167 F:AM specimens: Skinner and Johnson 1984
unclassified
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Antilocaprini indet.2
postcrania listed under "Plioceros floblairi"
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Aelurodon taxoides9 Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog
"Hans Johnson Place"
Epicyon saevus9 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Epicyon haydeni9 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Eucyon skinneri n. sp.8 Tedford et al. 2009 canine
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Barbourofelis morrisi Schultz et al. 1970 false sabre-tooth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hippotherium occidentale" = Cormohipparion occidentale5 Leidy 1856 hipparionine horse
confirmed by Woodburne 1996a
Cormohipparion matthewi10 Woodburne 2007 hipparionine horse
Neohipparion trampasense3 Edwards 1982 hipparionine horse
Pseudhipparion skinneri4 Webb and Hulbert 1986 hipparionine horse
pers. commun.
Hippotherium sp.1 Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
JA pers. obs.: new small, short notch species
Calippus cerasinus4 Hulbert 1988 horse
pers. commun.
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras major6 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
"Hans Johnson Place"
Aphelops megalodus6 Cope 1873 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major1
"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major1 Leidy 1858 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
Pseudoceras skinneri2 Frick 1937 ruminant
also includes "P. potteri" type of Frick 1937
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Parablastomeryx gregorii7 Frick 1937 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Cranioceras unicornis1 Matthew 1918 ruminant