PBDB Collection

Jonas Wilson Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Brown County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 100.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 97.4° 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

Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 18468: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

• "more than 57" F:AM specimens: Skinner and Johnson 1984

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Mammalia
Carnivora - Canidae	Aelurodon taxoides, Epicyon saevus, Epicyon haydeni Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog "J. Wilson Ranch, 4 mi north of Johnstown" Epicyon saevus Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog also "Jonas Wilson Place" Epicyon haydeni Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae	"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major¹ "Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major¹ Leidy 1858 oreodont
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Plioceros floblairi² Plioceros floblairi² Frick 1937 pronghorn "tentatively referred"; from "J. Wilson Ranch"
Artiodactyla - Gelocidae	"Pseudoceras wilsoni n. sp." = Pseudoceras skinneri² "Pseudoceras wilsoni n. sp." = Pseudoceras skinneri² Frick 1937 ruminant
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Pseudhipparion skinneri⁴, Pseudhipparion gratum³ Pseudhipparion skinneri⁴ Webb and Hulbert 1986 hipparionine horse Pseudhipparion gratum³ Leidy 1869 hipparionine horse pers. commun.

¹Alroy 2002; ²Frick 1937; ³Hulbert 1989; ⁴Webb and Hulbert 1986