Potter Quarry (Miocene to of the United States)

Also known as UNSM Cn-106

Where: Cheyenne County, Nebraska (41.1° N, 103.0° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 101.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ash Hollow Formation, Clarendonian to Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Ogallala Group in Nebraska. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains 115-151 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18326: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
possibly Nimravides
 Carnivora - Canidae
Epicyon haydeni1 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Neohipparion cf. leptode2 Merriam 1915 hipparionine horse
Voorhies says this is N. eurystyle, probably because he does not recognize leptode
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Megatylopus sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 camel
 Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
Pseudoceras sp. Frick 1937 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Pediomeryx sp. Stirton 1936 ruminant
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Anouroneomys magnus Hutchison and Bown 1980 red-toothed shrew
Sorex cf. edwardsi Brown 1980 long-tailed shrew
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Dipoides stirtoni Wilson 1934 beaver
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Pliosaccomys sp. Wilson 1936 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Goniodontomys disjunctus Wilson 1937 mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmanini
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