New Surface Quarry: Early/Lower Barstovian, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Tomarctus brevirostris Cope 1873
Wang et al. 1999
Paracynarctus sinclairi Wang et al. 1999
Wang et al. 1999
Microtomarctus conferta (Matthew 1918)
Wang et al. 1999
Leptocyon leidyi Tedford et al. 2009
Tedford et al. 2009
Osbornodon fricki Wang 1994
Wang 1994
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Desmatippus integer (Matthew 1924)
Merychippus insignis Leidy 1856
Mihlbachler et al. 2011
Supplemental Table S1
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras medicornutum Osborn 1904
Prothero 2005
Peraceras profectum (Matthew 1899)
Prothero 2005
Aphelops megalodus (Cope 1873)
Prothero 2005
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus relictus (Matthew and Cook 1909)
Schultz and Falkenbach 1947
Mediochoerus blicki n. sp. Schultz and Falkenbach 1941
see Schultz and Falkenbach 1941
Ticholeptus hypsodus Loomis 1924
    = Ticholeptus zygomaticus Cope 1878
Schultz and Falkenbach 1941
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Merycodus sabulonis (Matthew and Cook 1909)
Skinner and Taylor 1967
recombined as Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) sabulonis
see also Skinner et al. 1977
Mammalia - Leptomerycidae
Pseudoparablastomeryx scotti (Frick 1937)
described by Taylor and Webb 1976
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Monosaulax curtus (Matthew and Cook 1909)
Evander 1999
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 3
Local section:Snake Local bed:5
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
Taxonomic list comments:no synonyms
Metadata
Database number:17972
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 08:18:37
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:

1467 R. L. Evander. 1999. Rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Railway Quarries local fauna (Miocene, Barstovian) of Nebraska. Paludicola 2(3):240-256 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
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]
51726 D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
3063 C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1941. Ticholeptinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 79(1):1-105 [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]
3176 M. F. Skinner and B. E. Taylor. 1967. A revision of the geology and paleontology of the Bijou Hills, South Dakota. American Museum Novitates 2300:1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
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]
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]