Jack Swayze Quarry (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Clark County, Kansas (37.2° N, 99.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 98.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. E. Hirschfeld and S. D. Webb. 1968. Plio-Pleistocene Megalonychid Sloths of North America. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 12(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18415: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• equids: Hulbert 1989 pers. commun.
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.7
Gomphotheriidae indet.7 Hay 1922 gomphothere
pers. commun.; may equal Amebelodon sp. reported by Barbour & Hibbard 1941 from "8 miles northwest of Ashland, Clark county"
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus fricki1
Spermophilus fricki1 Hibbard 1942 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulidae indet.5
Mylagaulidae indet.5 Cope 1881 rodent
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
cf. Paranasua sp.3
cf. Paranasua sp.3 Baskin 1982 procyonid carnivore
possibly the same as "Leptarctus" of Zakrzewski 1988
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Barbourofelis sp.8
Barbourofelis sp.8 Schultz et al. 1970 false sabre-tooth
 Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus catocopis2
Machairodus catocopis2 Cope 1887 cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Epicyon haydeni1, Epicyon saevus4, Borophagus pugnator1
Epicyon haydeni1 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Epicyon saevus4 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Borophagus pugnator1 Cook 1922 bone-crushing dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Dinohippus sp.7, Protohippus gidleyi7, Neohipparion trampasense6, Nannippus sp.7, Hippotherium sp.1
Dinohippus sp.7 Quinn 1955 horse
pers. commun.
Protohippus gidleyi7 Hulbert 1988 horse
pers. commun.
Neohipparion trampasense6 Edwards 1982 hipparionine horse
Nannippus sp.7 Matthew 1926 hipparionine horse
pers. commun.
Hippotherium sp.1 Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras fossiger9, Aphelops malacorhinus9
Teleoceras fossiger9 Cope 1878 rhinoceros
"fossiger", but comparison is to BSC form
Aphelops malacorhinus9 Cope 1878 rhinoceros
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonychidae indet.
Megalonychidae indet. Gervais 1855 edentate
"Jim Swayze Quarry"
1Alroy 2002; 2Antón et al. 2013; 3Baskin 1982; 4Baskin 1998; 5Hibbard 1953; 6Hulbert 1987; 7Hulbert 1989; 8Martin 1984; 9Prothero 2005