June Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Brown County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 100.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 97.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Burge Member (Valentine Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: W. W. Korth. 2000. Review of Miocene (Hemingfordian to Clarendonian) mylagaulid rodents (Mammalia) from Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(4):227-280 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18217: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• 793 F:AM specimens and "Small collections in USNM and UNSM": Skinner and Johnson 1984
unclassified
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Pseudocyon sp.5 Lartet 1851 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Canidae
Aelurodon stirtoni14 Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog
UNSM
Aelurodon ferox14 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
F:AM
Paratomarctus euthos14 McGrew 1935 bone-crushing dog
F:AM
Carpocyon webbi14 Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog
Cynarctus voorhiesi14 Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog
Leptocyon vafer13 Leidy 1858 canine
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus coloradense9 Osborn 1918 horse
Supplemental Table S1
Cormohipparion merriami n. sp.16 Woodburne 2007 hipparionine horse
Pseudhipparion retrusum15 Cope 1889 hipparionine horse
also USNM specimens
Hippotherium sp.1 Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
JA pers. obs.: dP1 - dP4 series at USNM; uncatalogued skull at AMNH
Protohippus supremus1 Leidy 1869 horse
JA pers. obs.: USNM specimen, matches figures, measurements, and diagnosis in Hulbert 1988a
Calippus regulus3 Johnston 1937 horse
pers. commun.; also UNSM specimen, i.d. checked by JA
Pliohippus pernix9 Marsh 1874 horse
Supplemental Table S1
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras major8 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
Teleoceras medicornutum10 Osborn 1904 rhinoceros
Peraceras superciliosum10 Cope 1880 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus sp.1 Leidy 1858 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp.2 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Longirostromeryx wellsi11 Matthew 1904 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Cosoryx furcatus12 Leidy 1869 pronghorn
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Ceratogaulus cf. rhinocerus Matthew 1902 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Nothodipoides stirtoni n. sp.6 Korth 2002 beaver
Prodipoides burgensis7 Korth 2002 beaver