Mesoceras Quarry: Hemingfordian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Plicagnathus matthewi n. sp.
Cook 1917
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| cryptobranchid salamander | ||||||||||
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= Andrias matthewi
Cook 1917
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Meszoely 1966 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Bassariscus sp.
Coues 1887
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= Procyonidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| "Plionictis cf. glareae" of Cook and Macdonald 1962 from "west Sinclair Draw" | ||||||||||
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= Bassariscus antiquus
Matthew and Cook 1909
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Baskin 2004 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras (Mesoceras) thomsoni
Cook 1930
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Cook 1930 | |||||||||
| synonym of Teleoceras medicornutum | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Sioux |
| Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 103.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.1° North, 99.9° 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
| Formation: | Snake Creek | Member: | subcycle 3 |
| Local section: | Snake | Local bed: | 5 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 17969 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 00:27:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 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:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 40876 | J. A. Baskin. 2004. Bassariscus and Probassariscus (Mammalia, Carnivora, Procyonidae) from the early Barstovian (Middle Miocene). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):709-720 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 51441 | H. J. Cook. 1930. New Rhinoceroses from the Pliocene of Colorado and Nebraska. Proceedings of the Colorado Museum of Natural History 9(4):44-51 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |