Below Hesperopithecus Site (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Olcott Hill

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 101.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Murphy Member (Snake Creek Formation), Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Collected by H. J. Cook, M. F. Skinner in 1917, 1972; reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18300: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• Testudo specimen is from "close by the iron rod that marks the site of 'Hesperopihecus' haroldcooki"; Ustatochoerus and Longirostromeryx specimens were found within "a few yards" of each other below Hesperopithecus Quarry
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Longirostromeryx wellsi Matthew 1904 musk deer
see also Frick 1937
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major1
"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major1 Leidy 1858 oreodont
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.2 Batsch 1788 turtle