Carlin High Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Elko County, Nevada (41.0° N, 115.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 112.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: ? Hay Ranch Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Ursidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1:174-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 18841: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• apparently not one of the Camp Creek localities (see)
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras fossiger Cope 1878 rhinoceros
"Hi Level Quarry, Carlin Area"
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Agriotherium sp. Wagner 1837 bear