Hemingford Quarry 7B: Early/Lower Hemingfordian, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Soricidae
Pseudotrimylus sp. Gureev 1971
Bailey 2004
Mammalia - Proscalopidae
Mesoscalops scopelotemos Reed 1960
Bailey 2004
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopoides isodens Wilson 1960
Bailey 2004
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836
Hunt 1998
    = Amphicyon galushai Hunt 2003
Hunt 2003
Daphoenodon sp. Peterson 1909
Hunt 1998
    = Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum Peterson 1910
Hunt 2009
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Cynarctoides emryi n. sp. Wang et al. 1999
Cynarctoides acridens (Barbour and Cook 1914)
Metatomarctus canavus (Simpson 1932)
Leptocyon vulpinus (Matthew 1907)
Tedford et al. 2009
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Merycochoerus proprius Leidy 1858
Schultz and Falkenbach 1940
sensu stricto
Merychyus elegans Leidy 1858
Schultz and Falkenbach 1947
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Oreolagus nebrascensis McGrew 1941
Bailey 2004
Gripholagomys lavocati Green 1972
Bailey 2004
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Archaeolagus sp. Dice 1917
Bailey 2004
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mesogaulus paniensis (Matthew 1902)
Bailey 2004
Mammalia - Rodentia - Florentiamyidae
Fanimus ultimus n. sp. Korth et al. 1990
Korth et al. 1990
(6 measurements)
Florentiamys sp. Wood 1936
Korth et al. 1990
presumably OK, but omitted by Bailey 2004
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Euroxenomys wilsoni Korth 2001
Bailey 2004
Anchitheriomys sp. Roger 1885
Bailey 2004
said to be new
Anchitheriomyinae indet. Korth 2001
Bailey 2004
said to be new
Monosaulax sp. Stirton 1935
Bailey 2004
said to be new
Mammalia - Rodentia
Geomyoidea indet. Bonaparte 1845
Korth et al. 1990
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nebraska County:Box Butte
Coordinates: 42.2° North, 103.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.9° 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:Early/Lower Hemingfordian
Age range of interval:18.50000 - 16.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Runningwater
Local section:PineR Local bed:16
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UNSM
Metadata
Also known as:UNSM Bx-7B
Database number:17934
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2000-05-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-05-04 04:53:25
Access level:the public Released:2000-05-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

19303 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]
1977 R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Amphicyonidae. 196-227 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
54871 R. M. Hunt, Jr. 2009. Long-Legged Pursuit Carnivorans (Amphicyonidae, Daphoeninae) From the Early Miocene of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 318:1-95 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
3062 C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1940. Merycochoerinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77(5):213-306 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/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]
52058 R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd]