Ginn Quarry: Hemingfordian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Gruidae
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Balearicinae indet.
Brasil 1913
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Becker 1987 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras americanum
(Yatkola and Tanner 1979)
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Tylocephalonyx skinneri
Coombs 1979
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Coombs 1979 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Sinclairomeryx tedi n. sp.
Frick 1937
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Frick 1937 | |||||||||
| synonym of Sinclairomeryx riparius | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Cosoryx dawesensis n. sp.
Frick 1937
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= Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) dawesensis n. sp.
Frick 1937
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Frick 1937 | |||||||||
| recombined as Paracosoryx dawesensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Brachycrus siouense
(Sinclair 1915)
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= Brachycrus buwaldi
Merriam 1919
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Kelly and Lander 1988 | |||||||||
| synonym of Brachycrus laticeps | ||||||||||
| replaces ID of Schultz and Falkenbach 1940; "B. sp." | ||||||||||
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Merychyus relictus
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Schultz and Falkenbach 1947 | |||||||||
| also at "near Ginn Quarry" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Pseudaelurus sp.
Leidy 1858
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= Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Hunt 1998 | |||||||||
| replaces ID of Hunt 1989 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Cynarctoides acridens
(Barbour and Cook 1914)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
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Tomarctus optatus
Matthew 1924
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| recombined as Protomarctus optatus | ||||||||||
| see also Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
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Osbornodon fricki
Wang 1994
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Wang 1994 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Dawes |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 103.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° North, 99.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Hemingfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 18.50000 - 16.30000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:not in a named formation and said to be post-Box Butte and pre-Olcott Albright 1996 describes an F:AM Ginn Quarry specimen identified in the collection as "Miomustela" but refrains from identifying it |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gin Quarry | ||
| Database number: | 17917 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1583. | T. Galusha. 1975. Stratigraphy of the Box Butte Formation, Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 156(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 75080 | J. J. Becker. 1987. Neogene Avian Localities of North America 1-171 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 1275 | M. C. Coombs. 1979. Tylocephalonyx, a new genus of North American dome-skulled chalicotheres (Mammalia, Perissodactyla). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 164(1):1-64 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 6222 | C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 1978 | R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Evolution of the aeluroid Carnivora: diversity of the earliest aeluroids from Eurasia (Quercy, Hsanda-Gol) and the origin of felids. American Museum Novitates 3252:1-65 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 2070 | T. S. Kelly and E. B. Lander. 1988. Biostratigraphy and Correlation of Hemingfordian and Barstovian Land Mammal Assemblages, Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Area, California. In W. J. M. Bazeley (ed.), Tertiary Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Cuyama Basin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, California 1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 2189 | W. D. Kuenzi and R. W. Fields. 1971. Tertiary Stratigraphy, Structure, and Geologic History, Jefferson Basin, Montana. Geological Society America Bulletin 82(12):3373-3394 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 3064 | C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1947. Merychyinae, a subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88(4):157-286 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 6226 | X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 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] |