Buzzard Feather Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Kp-108

Where: Keya Paha County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 99.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 97.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Burge Member (Valentine Formation), Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate paleontology of the proposed Norden Reservoir Area, Brown, Cherry and Keya Paha counties, Nebraska. Technical Report, Division of Archeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska 82-09 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 18082: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

• NISP 81 (reported as 70 by Skinner and Johnson 1984)
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet.4 Gray 1821 squirrel
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
"Mioheteromys agrarius" = Diprionomys agrarius1
"Mioheteromys agrarius" = Diprionomys agrarius1 Wood 1935 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
"Eucastor dividerus" = Prodipoides dividerus2, "Eucastor cf. planus" = Nothodipoides planus4, Eucastor sp.4
"Eucastor dividerus" = Prodipoides dividerus2 Stirton 1935 beaver
"Eucastor cf. planus" = Nothodipoides planus4 Stirton 1935 beaver
see also Korth 1997b
Eucastor sp.4 Allen 1877 beaver
large
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulidae indet.3 Cope 1881 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet.4 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Parvericius sp.4 Koerner 1940 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Domninoides cf. mimicus4 Wilson 1968 mole
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp.4 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparionini indet.1 Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
Pseudhipparion retrusum4 Cope 1889 hipparionine horse
Calippus sp.1 Matthew and Stirton 1930 horse
Pliohippus sp.1 Marsh 1874 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Protolabis sp.4 Cope 1876 camel
Procamelus grandis4 Gregory 1939 camel
listed as "P. sp." in text
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Blastomerycinae indet.4 Frick 1937 musk deer
either Blastomeryx or Longirostromeryx
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Cranioceras cf. unicornis4 Matthew 1918 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Cosoryx furcatus1 Leidy 1869 pronghorn
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Sthenictis sp.4 Peterson 1910 mustelid carnivore
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium sp.4 Burmeister 1837 gomphothere