Annie's Geese Crossing Quarry: Barstovian, Nebraska
collected by M. R. Voorhies
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
"crocodilian"; tooth, dorsal plate | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Scincidae
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Eumeces sp.
Wiegmann 1834
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Wellstead 1982 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Thamnophis sp.
Fitzinger 1843
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Holman 1981 | |||||||||
Paleoheterodon tiheni
Holman 1964
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Holman 1981 | |||||||||
Elaphe sp.
Wagler 1833
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Holman 1981 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Leiocephalus septentrionalis n. sp.
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Wellstead 1982 | |||||||||
Holotype UNSM 56085, left dentary | ||||||||||
Sceloporus sp.
Wiegmann 1828
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Wellstead 1982 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotherium cf. osborni
(Barbour 1916)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Gomphotherium cf. willistoni
Barbour 1914
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
synonym of Trilophodon osborni | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Potamonycteris biperforatus n. gen., n. sp.
Czaplewski 1991
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Czaplewski 1991 | |||||||||
a bat | ||||||||||
cf. Myotis sp.
Kaup 1829
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Czaplewski 1991 | |||||||||
a bat | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Leptarctus cf. bozemanensis
(Dorr 1954)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Hypsoparia cf. bozemanensis
Dorr 1954
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
synonym of Leptarctus primus | ||||||||||
Miomustela madisonae
(Douglass 1929)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus sp.
Cope 1873
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Borophaginae indet.
Simpson 1945
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Aelurodon ferox
Leidy 1858
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Leptocyon vafer
(Leidy 1858)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Megahippus cf. mckennai
Tedford and Alf 1962
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Protohippus perditus
(Leidy 1858)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Calippus placidus
(Leidy 1869)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Neohipparion republicanus
(Osborn 1918)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras cf. medicornutum
Osborn 1904
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
status unclear in light of Mead 1999b | ||||||||||
Peraceras sp.
Cope 1880
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Procamelus occidentalis
Leidy 1858
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus medius
(Leidy 1858)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Merychyus medius
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Ustatochoerus medius | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Merycodus warreni
(Leidy 1858)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Plesiosoricidae
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Plesiosorex donroosai
Green 1977
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Alluvisorex sp.
Hutchison 1966
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Domninoides valentinensis
Reed 1962
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mystipterus sp.
Hall 1930
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Parvericius montanus
Koerner 1940
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Untermannerix copiosus
Rich 1981
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Metechinus amplior
Rich 1981
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Eutamias sp.
Trouessart 1880
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Tamiini indet.
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
synonym of Marmotini | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Monosaulax curtus
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Cupidinimus nebraskensis
Wood 1935
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mioheteromys amplissimus
Korth 1997
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Korth 1997 | |||||||||
Perognathus trojectioansrum
Korth 1979
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Perognathus brevidens
Korth 1987
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Parapliosaccomys annae
Korth 1987
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Phelosaccomys annae
Korth 1987
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
original and current combination Parapliosaccomys annae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Copemys niobrariensis
(Hoffmeister 1959)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
synonym of Copemys longidens | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Schaubeumys cartomylos
Korth 1987
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Megasminthus tiheni
Klingener 1966
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
(6 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus cf. monodon
Cope 1881
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Mylagaulidae indet.
Cope 1881
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Korth 2000 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Russellagus vonhofi
Storer 1970
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Hesperolagomys fluviatilis
Storer 1970
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus parviplicatus
Dawson 1958
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Scaphiopus sp.
Holbrook 1836
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Holman 1981 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1981 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Hyla sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1981 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Aplodinotus sp.
Rafinesque 1818
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
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Ictalurus sp.
Rafinesque 1820
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Knox |
Coordinates: | 42.5° North, 98.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.0° North, 94.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
Age range of interval: | 15.97000 - 13.60000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Ogallala | Formation: | Valentine | Member: | Crookston Bridge |
Local section: | ValAH | Local bed: | 2 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "late Barstovian" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | argillaceous conglomerate |
Secondary lithology: | "cross stratification" sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "a thin lens of clayball conglomerate" within "cross-bedded sands" (Voorhies 1971) | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | UNSM |
Collectors: | M. R. Voorhies |
Taxonomic list comments:preliminary mammal list of Voorhies 1971: Monosaulax, Teleoceras, "Merychippus," Merycodus, Procamelus?, Aelurodon, Domninoides, Hypolagus, Mylagaulus, Megasminthus, "several genera of heteromyids" |
Metadata
Also known as: | Crocodilian Locality B; UNSM Kx-110 | ||
Database number: | 18031 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Head, C. Bell | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Head, C. Bell |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-01-23 17:17:17 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
24880. | M. R. Voorhies. 1971. Paleoclimatic significance of crocodilian remains from the Ogallala Group (upper Tertiary) in northeastern Nebraska. Journal of Paleontology 45(1):119-121 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
1294 | N. J. Czaplewski. 1991. Miocene bats from the lower Valentine Formation of northeastern Nebraska. Journal of Mammalogy 72(4):715-722 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
45618 | J. A. Holman. 1981. Fossil Amphibians and reptiles of Nebraska and Kansas. National Geographic Society Research Reports 13:253-262 [J. Head/J. Head] | |
2132 | W. W. Korth. 1997. A new subfamily of primitive pocket mice (Rodentia, Heteromyidae) from the middle Tertiary of North America. Paludicola 1(2):33-66 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
2143 | W. W. Korth. 2000. Review of Miocene (Hemingfordian to Clarendonian) mylagaulid rodents (Mammalia) from Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(4):227-280 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
3510 | M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Ogallala Group in Nebraska. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains 115-151 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
43537 | C. F. Wellstead. 1982. Lizards from the lower Valentine Formation (Miocene) of northern Nebraska. Journal of Herpetology 16(4):364-375 [C. Bell/C. Bell/C. Bell] |