Angus (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as UNSM No-101

Where: Nuckolls County, Nebraska (40.2° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 97.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: L. D. Martin. 1969. University of Nebraska MS thesis [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20143: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani4 Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 imperial mammoth
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammutidae indet. Hay 1922 mastodon
 Placentalia -
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata, Taxidea taxus
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel
Taxidea taxus Schreber 1778 American badger
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp.5 Linnaeus 1758 canine
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
Vulpes velox Say 1823 swift fox
probably OK: Anderson 1984
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus calobatus Troxell 1915 horse
Equus cf. conversidens Owen 1869 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp.1 Leidy 1854 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx furcifer Matthew 1902 pronghorn
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
confirmed by Jones et al. 1984
Sorex cf. cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scalopus cf. aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys spenceri n. sp.2 Goodwin 1995 prairie dog
"Spermophilus cf. franklinii" = Poliocitellus franklinii Sabine 1822 Franklin's gruond squirrel
Neotamias sp.1 Howell 1929 chipmunk
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor cf. californicus1 Kellogg 1911 beaver
Castoroides sp. Foster 1838 giant beaver
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
Chaetodipus hispidus1 Baird 1858 hispid pocket mouse
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys cf. bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra zibethicus1 Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Clethrionomys cf. gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
"Pedomys ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster1 Wagner 1842 prairie vole
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Onychomys cf. leucogaster Wied-Neuwied 1841 northern grasshopper mouse
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Synaptomys cooperi3 Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874 harvest mouse
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 meadow jumping mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit