PBDB Collection

Rhino Hill Quarry (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Wallace County, Kansas (38.9° N, 101.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 100.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ogallala Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. A. Harrison. 1983. The Carnivora of the Edson local fauna (late Hemphillian), Kansas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 54:1-42 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18342: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

• based on a 1978 master's thesis by Bennett
stratigraphic position relative to Edson unknown according to Harrison, but Bennett 1979 claims that Edson is several meters lower

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Amphibia
Salientia - Pelobatidae	"Scaphiopus studeri" = Spea studeri² "Scaphiopus studeri" = Spea studeri² Taylor 1938 spadefoot toad
Mammalia
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursidae indet. Ursidae indet. Gray 1825 bear
Carnivora - Canidae	Borophagus pugnator⁴, Eucyon davisi¹ Borophagus pugnator⁴ Cook 1922 bone-crushing dog Eucyon davisi¹ Merriam 1911 canine
Carnivora - Felidae	"Machairodus coloradensis" = Amphimachairodus coloradensis "Machairodus coloradensis" = Amphimachairodus coloradensis Cook 1922 cat
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Neohipparion cf. eurystyle, Nannippus cf. lenticularis, Astrohippus ansae, Dinohippus interpolatus Neohipparion cf. eurystyle Cope 1893 hipparionine horse Nannippus cf. lenticularis Cope 1893 hipparionine horse "lenticulare" Astrohippus ansae Matthew and Stirton 1930 horse Dinohippus interpolatus Cope 1893 horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Teleoceras sp.³, Aphelops mutilus Teleoceras sp.³ Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros pers. commun.: "T. fossiger"; said to be the same as the new Optima species Aphelops mutilus Matthew 1924 rhinoceros
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Tayassuinae indet.¹ Tayassuinae indet.¹ Palmer 1897 peccary
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Camelidae indet.¹, Alforjas taylori, "Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera, Megatylopus matthewi Camelidae indet.¹ Gray 1821 camel Alforjas taylori Harrison 1979 camel "Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera Matthew 1909 camel Megatylopus matthewi Webb 1965 camel
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Texoceros sp. Texoceros sp. Frick 1937 pronghorn
Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae	Pediomeryx hemphillensis Pediomeryx hemphillensis Stirton 1936 ruminant
Actinopteri
Centrarchiformes - Centrarchidae	Chaenobryttus kansasensis², Pomoxis lanei² Chaenobryttus kansasensis² Hibbard 1936 sunfish Pomoxis lanei² Hibbard 1936 sunfish
Cyprinodontiformes - Fundulidae	Fundulus detillae n. sp.² Fundulus detillae n. sp.² Hibbard and Dunkle 1942 University of Kansas Museum of Vertebrate Paleontology, no. 848F (holotype), complete but imperfectly impressed fish in counterpart

¹Alroy 2002; ²Hibbard and Dunkle 1942; ³Prothero 1989; ⁴Wang et al. 1999