Steer Creek (Merritt Dam) (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UNSM Cr-104

Where: Cherry County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 100.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 98.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Merritt Dam Member (Ash Hollow Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: C. B. Schultz, L. D. Martin, and R. G. Corner. 1975. Middle and late Cenozoic tapirs from Nebraska. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 10(1):1-21 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18410: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 17.06.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• "about 10 feet above cap rock"
see Skinner and Johnson 1984, p. 321 and section 63, p. 344
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras major Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
"Steer Creek High Channel"
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus johnsoni n. sp. Schultz et al. 1975 tapir