Ness Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Where: San Bernardino County, California (34.8° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 112.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Member (Barstow Formation), Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1940. Merycochoerinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77(5):213-306 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 19452: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

• shown in Fig. 4 of Kelly and Lander 1988 at the level of Steepside Quarry, i.e., basal Green Hills fauna sensu Woodburne et al. 1990
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Brachycrus buwaldi" = Brachycrus laticeps
"Brachycrus buwaldi" = Brachycrus laticeps Douglass 1900 oreodont