Cambridge: Hemphillian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Pliosaccomys sp.
Wilson 1936
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Dipoides williamsi
Stirton 1936
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Tedford et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Dipoides stirtoni
Wilson 1934
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus cambridgensis n. sp.
Korth 2000
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Paramicrotoscoptes cf. hibbardi
Martin 1975
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Copemys sp.
Wood 1936
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Goniodontomys disjunctus
Wilson 1937
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus sp.
Dice 1917
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= Archaeolaginae indet.
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex cf. edwardsi
Brown 1980
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Anouroneomys magnus
Hutchison and Bown 1980
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Mammalia
- Plesiosoricidae
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Meterix sp.
Hall 1929
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= Plesiosorex sp.
Pomel 1848
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aphelops mutilus
Matthew 1924
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presumably includes type of A. kimballensis Tanner 1967 | ||||||||||
Teleoceras schultzi n. sp.
Tanner 1975
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synonym of Teleoceras hicksi | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus simpsoni
Schultz et al. 1975
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion cf. forcei
Richey 1948
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= Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
status uncertain in light of MacFadden's mixed hypodigm for this species | ||||||||||
Nannippus lenticularis
(Cope 1893)
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MacFadden 1984 | |||||||||
synonym of Cormohipparion ingenuum | ||||||||||
Neohipparion leptode
Merriam 1915
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Hulbert 1987 | |||||||||
Dinohippus leidyanus
(Osborn 1918)
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Tedford et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Calippus informal large
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original and current combination Protohippus (Calippus) | ||||||||||
said to be new; this is the large species of Breyer 1981 | ||||||||||
Protohippus gidleyi
Hulbert 1988
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
(6 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops serus
(Cope 1877)
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includes type of "P. graffhami" of Schultz and Martin 1975a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Alforjas sp.
Harrison 1979
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Megatylopus sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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original and current combination Pliauchenia (Megatylopus) | ||||||||||
Hemiauchenia cf. vera
(Matthew 1909)
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recombined as Pleiolama vera | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Gelocidae
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Pseudoceras sp.
Frick 1937
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= Pseudoceras skinneri
Frick 1937
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Webb 2008 | |||||||||
Ft-40 and Ft-49 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Pediomeryx figginsi
(Frick 1937)
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original and current combination Yumaceras figginsi | ||||||||||
(5 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Sphenophalos middleswarti
Barbour and Schultz 1941
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Tedford et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Texoceros guymonensis
Frick 1937
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Tedford et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Nimravidae
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Barbourofelis fricki
Schultz et al. 1970
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Nimravides sp.
Kitts 1958
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presumably = Machairodus coloradensis of Martin and Schultz 1975 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Sthenictis sp.
Peterson 1910
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Martes sp.
Frisch 1775
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"sensu lato" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Indarctos oregonensis
Merriam et al. 1916
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includes type of "Indarctos oregonensis keithi": replaces ID of Schultz and Martin 1975b (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes cf. stenognathus
Savage 1941
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= Vulpes stenognathus
Savage 1941
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Tedford et al. 2009 | |||||||||
Epicyon validus
(Stirton and Vanderhoof 1933)
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= Epicyon haydeni
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Borophagus sp.
Cope 1892
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
possibly B. orc; "Osteoborus sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Pliometanastes sp.
Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Thinobadistes sp.
Hay 1919
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not discussed by Webb 1989 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Amebelodon fricki n. sp.
Barbour 1927
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UNL No. 4-4-27; see Barbour 1927; apparently includes A. sinclairi type of Barbour 1930, although this is a synonym of A. floridanus | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Lemoynea cf. biradicularis
Brown 1980
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Frontier |
Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 100.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.8° North, 98.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Neogene | ||
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene |
Key time interval: | Hemphillian | ||
Age range of interval: | 10.30000 - 4.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Ogallala | Formation: | Ash Hollow |
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: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:NOT clearly superposed above or below any other locality, contrary to Tedford et al. 1987 Fig. 6.2
Florida school equid i.d.s are retained because Voorhies' nomenclature differs for philosophical reasons only |
Metadata
Also known as: | Amebelodon fricki Quarry; UNSM Ft-40 | ||
Database number: | 18086 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-02-05 15:21:36 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
3850 | 5% 23520 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1987. Late Neogene Neohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Florida and Texas. Journal of Paleontology 61(4):809-830 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] |
1949 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Calippus and Protohippus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Miocene (Barstovian-early Hemphillian) of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 32(3):221-340 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert] | |
2140 | W. W. Korth. 2000. A new species of myagaulid rodent (Mammalia) from the Hemphillian (late Miocene) of Nebraska. Paludicola 2(4):265-268 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
6244 | B. J. MacFadden. 1984. Systematics and phylogeny of Hipparion, Neohipparion, Nannippus, and Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Miocene and Pliocene of the New World. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 179(1):1-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
6198 | R. H. Tedford, T. Galusha, M. F. Skinner, B. E. Taylor, R. W. Fields, J. R. Macdonald, J. M. Rensberger, S. D. Webb, and D. P. Whistler. 1987. Faunal succession and biochronology of the Arikareean through Hemphillian interval (late Oligocene through earliest Pliocene epochs) in North America. In M. O. Woodburne (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Geochronology and Biostratigraphy 153-210 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] | |
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] | |
11139 | J. A. Van Dam. 2004. Anourosoricini (Mammalia: Soricidae) from the Mediterranena region: a pre-Quaternary example of recurrent climate-controlled north-south range shifting. Journal of Paleontology 78(4):741-764 [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] | |
36064 | S. D. Webb. 2008. Revision of the extinct Pseudoceratinae (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Gelocidae). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48(2):17-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |