Olcott Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Olcott Hill Quarry

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

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Laucomer Member (Snake Creek Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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 18301: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Epicyon saevus2 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999
Aelurodon taxoides9 Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Pseudocyon sp.6 Lartet 1851 bear-dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus insignis7 Leidy 1856 horse
Supplemental Table S1
Hipparion forcei3 Richey 1948 hipparionine horse
JA pers. obs. 12.7.96: new small, short notch species; same as rare Xmas-Kat form: includes "C. occidentale" and "Hipparion forcei", the latter figured by MacFadden 1984b
Nannippus sp.5 Matthew 1926 hipparionine horse
pers. commun.: "A"
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras major8 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merychyus novomexicanus" = Ustatochoerus medius novomexicanus1
"Merychyus novomexicanus" = Ustatochoerus medius novomexicanus1 Frick 1929 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Cranioceras unicornis4 Matthew 1918 ruminant
listed under C. unicornis but "resembles C. granti"
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.1 Gray 1821 camel