East Sand Quarry: Early/Lower Barstovian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus brevirostris
Cope 1873
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
| "Horizon C, East Sand Quarry" | ||||||||||
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Tomarctus hippophaga
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merychyus relictus
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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| see Schultz and Falkenbach 1947 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Pseudoparablastomeryx scotti
(Frick 1937)
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| described by Taylor and Webb 1976 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Scaphohippus sumani
(Merriam 1915)
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Pagnac 2006 | |||||||||
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Acritohippus isonesus
(Cope 1889)
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Mihlbachler et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| Supplemental Table S1 | ||||||||||
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Merychippus insignis
Leidy 1856
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Mihlbachler et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| Supplemental Table S1 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras medicornutum
Osborn 1904
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
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Aphelops megalodus
(Cope 1873)
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Sioux |
| Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 103.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.0° North, 100.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Olcott | Member: | subcycle 2 |
| Local section: | Snake | Local bed: | 4 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chan. D.; Princeton's Locality 1000C; Wilson's Quarry No. 9 | ||
| Database number: | 17903 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-27 08:16:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3175. | M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 61275 | M. C. Mihlbachler, F. Rivals, N. Solounias and G. M. Semprebon. 2011. Dietary Change and Evolution of Horses in North America. Science 331:1178-1181 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 31462 | D. Pagnac. 2006. Scaphohippus, a new genus of horse (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Barstow Formation of California. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 13(1):37-61 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 3558 | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |