PBDB Collection

Kat 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: M. F. Skinner and F. W. Johnson. 1984. Tertiary stratigraphy and the Frick Collection of fossil vertebrates from north-central Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178(3):1-368 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18218: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• "Kat Quarry Channel" specimens are from the general collecting area, exact quarry not recorded: Frick 1937 p. 85; however, all "Kat Quarry Channel" specimens from 1931 must come from this quarry based on dates of discovery of other quarries in the channel system
number of specimens not clear: see Skinner and Johnson 1984

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Mammalia
Carnivora - Amphicyonidae	Pseudocyon sp.⁶ Pseudocyon sp.⁶ Lartet 1851 bear-dog "Kat Quarry horizon"
Carnivora - Canidae	Aelurodon taxoides¹², Epicyon haydeni², Cynarctus crucidens¹², Leptocyon matthewi¹¹ Aelurodon taxoides¹² Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog also Kat Quarry Channel Epicyon haydeni² Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 Cynarctus crucidens¹² Barbour and Cook 1914 bone-crushing dog Leptocyon matthewi¹¹ Tedford et al. 2009 canine
Carnivora - Nimravidae	Barbourofelis sp. Barbourofelis sp. Schultz et al. 1970 false sabre-tooth
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hypohippus sp.⁷, Cormohipparion occidentale¹⁴, Pseudhipparion skinneri⁵, Calippus cerasinus⁴ Hypohippus sp.⁷ Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse Cormohipparion occidentale¹⁴ Leidy 1856 hipparionine horse Pseudhipparion skinneri⁵ Webb and Hulbert 1986 hipparionine horse pers. commun. Calippus cerasinus⁴ Hulbert 1988 horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Teleoceras major⁹, Aphelops megalodus⁹ Teleoceras major⁹ Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros Aphelops megalodus⁹ Cope 1873 rhinoceros
Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae	"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major¹ "Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major¹ Leidy 1858 oreodont
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Skinnerhyus shermerorum¹⁰ Skinnerhyus shermerorum¹⁰ Prothero and Pollen 2013 peccary new species "A"
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Pleiolama mckennai n. sp.¹³ Pleiolama mckennai n. sp.¹³ Webb and Meachen 2004 camel
Artiodactyla - Gelocidae	Pseudoceras skinneri³ Pseudoceras skinneri³ Frick 1937 ruminant Kat Quarry sensu stricto
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Plioceros floblairi³ Plioceros floblairi³ Frick 1937 pronghorn "Kat Quarry channel, 1931"; postcrania
Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae	Cranioceras unicornis¹ Cranioceras unicornis¹ Matthew 1918 ruminant
Rodentia - Castoridae	Prodipoides katensis⁸ Prodipoides katensis⁸ Korth 2002 beaver

¹Alroy 2002; ²Baskin 1998; ³Frick 1937; ⁴Hulbert 1988; ⁵Hulbert 1989; ⁶Hunt 1998; ⁷Hussain 1975; ⁸Korth 2007; ⁹Prothero 2005; ¹⁰Prothero and Pollen 2013; ¹¹Tedford et al. 2009; ¹²Wang et al. 1999; ¹³Webb and Meachen 2004; ¹⁴Woodburne 2007