Also known as UNSM Mo-163
Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 97.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Arikaree Group, Monroecreekian (26.3 - 24.8 Ma)
• "late early Arikareean" (= Monroecreekian)
•"Monroe Creek/Harrison formations, undifferentiated... middle Arikaree Group"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; volcaniclastic sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Reposited in the UNSM
Collection methods: bulk, anthill, sieve,
• rock censused consists of "concentrate," not the original sediment
Primary reference: B. E. Bailey. 2004. Biostratigraphy and biochronology of early Arikareean through late Hemingfordian small mammal faunas from the Nebraska Panhandle and adjacent areas. Paludicola 4(3):81-113 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67637: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 29.11.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Protospermophilus sp., "Tamiini indet." = Marmotini
Protospermophilus sp. Gazin 1930 squirrel
"Tamiini indet." = Marmotini squirrel | |
Alwoodia sp. Rensberger 1983 rodent | |
Paciculus nebraskensis Alker 1969 mouse | |
Hitonkala macdonaldtau Korth 1992 rodent
? Florentiamys sp. Wood 1936 rodent | |
Gregorymys formosus Matthew 1907 rodent | |
Palaeocastor sp. Leidy 1869 beaver | |
Schizodontomys cf. harkseni Macdonald 1970 rodent
Proheteromys sp. Wood 1932 rodent | |
Promylagaulus riggsi McGrew 1941 rodent | |
Palaeolagus philoi Dawson 1958 rabbit | |
Gripholagomys lavocati Green 1972 pika | |
Proscalops secundus Matthew 1909 placental | |
Herpetotherium sp. Cope 1873 marsupial |