PBDB Collection

Lucht 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 18242: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• 736 F:AM specimens: Skinner and Johnson 1984
may include Cosoryx furcatus Frick 1937 from "Above Devil's Gulch, talus slope"

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unclassified
-	"Hunt ursid" barbouri³ "Hunt ursid" barbouri³
Mammalia
Carnivora - Amphicyonidae	Pseudocyon sp.⁴ Pseudocyon sp.⁴ Lartet 1851 bear-dog
Carnivora - Canidae	Aelurodon ferox⁹, Cynarctus voorhiesi n. sp.⁹, Carpocyon webbi⁹, Paratomarctus euthos⁹, Leptocyon vafer⁸ Aelurodon ferox⁹ Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog Cynarctus voorhiesi n. sp.⁹ Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog Carpocyon webbi⁹ Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog Paratomarctus euthos⁹ McGrew 1935 bone-crushing dog Leptocyon vafer⁸ Leidy 1858 canine
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Cormohipparion occidentale⁶, Pseudhipparion retrusum¹⁰, Pliohippus pernix⁶, Calippus cf. martini², Calippus regulus¹, Protohippus supremus² Cormohipparion occidentale⁶ Leidy 1856 hipparionine horse Supplemental Table S1 Pseudhipparion retrusum¹⁰ Cope 1889 hipparionine horse Pliohippus pernix⁶ Marsh 1874 horse Supplemental Table S1 Calippus cf. martini² Hesse 1936 horse pers. commun. Calippus regulus¹ Johnston 1937 horse Protohippus supremus² Leidy 1869 horse pers. commun.
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Teleoceras medicornutum⁷, Aphelops megalodus⁷ Teleoceras medicornutum⁷ Osborn 1904 rhinoceros Aphelops megalodus⁷ Cope 1873 rhinoceros
Rodentia - Mylagaulidae	Ceratogaulus cf. rhinocerus Ceratogaulus cf. rhinocerus Matthew 1902 rodent
Rodentia - Castoridae	Prodipoides burgensis n. sp.⁵ Prodipoides burgensis n. sp.⁵ Korth 2002 beaver

¹Hulbert 1988; ²Hulbert 1989; ³Hunt 1998; ⁴Hunt 1998; ⁵Korth 2008; ⁶Mihlbachler et al. 2011; ⁷Prothero 2005; ⁸Tedford et al. 2009; ⁹Wang et al. 1999; ¹⁰Webb and Hulbert 1986