Fort Niobrara: Barstovian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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? Diprionomys sp.
Kellogg 1910
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Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
= Peridiomys sp.
Matthew 1924
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Mioheteromyinae indet.
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Proboscidea
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Proboscidea indet.
Illiger 1811
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus sp.
Leidy 1856
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= Equinae indet.
Steinmann and Döderlein 1890
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Neohipparion niobrarense n. sp.
Gidley 1906
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Gidley 1906 | |||||||||
synonym of Pseudhipparion gratum | ||||||||||
AMNH 10828 "from the vicinity of Fort Niobrara, Nebraska" | ||||||||||
Hypohippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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original and current combination Anchitherium (Hypohippus) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras major
Hatcher 1894
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
"Niobrara River" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Merycodus sp.
Leidy 1854
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= Merycodontinae indet.
Matthew 1904
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
includes immature dentition listed under Cosoryx by Frick 1937 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Blastomeryx sp.
Cope 1877
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= Blastomerycinae indet.
Frick 1937
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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= Prosthennops xiphodonticus
Barbour 1925
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Wright 1983 | |||||||||
recombined as Stirtonhyus xiphodonticus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Pseudaelurus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Bassariscus antiquus
Matthew and Cook 1909
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= Probassariscus antiquus
Matthew and Cook 1909
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
original and current combination Bassariscus antiquus | ||||||||||
reported as "Bassariscus parvus" by Gregory and Downs 1951 and as "Potamotherium lycopotamicum" from Quarry D by Thorpe 1922e | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes vafer
(Leidy 1858)
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= Leptocyon vafer
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Tephrocyon hippophagus
Matthew and Cook 1909
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= Tomarctus hippophaga
Matthew and Cook 1909
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Thorpe 1922 | |||||||||
"? Tomarctus sp."; from Quarry D | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpidae indet.
(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
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= Domninoides valentinensis n. sp.
Reed 1962
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Reed 1962 | |||||||||
"D. sp." of Tedford 1961 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Limnoecus niobrarensis n. sp.
Macdonald 1947
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Macdonald 1947 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Metechinus sp.
Matthew 1929
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= Metechinus amplior
Rich 1981
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Rich 1981 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
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Lagomorpha indet.
Brandt 1885
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus sp.
Cope 1878
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= Mylagaulidae indet.
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Diprionomys agrarius
Wood 1935
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Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
= Mioheteromys agrarius
Wood 1935
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Korth 1997 | |||||||||
original and current combination Diprionomys agrarius | ||||||||||
Mookomys altifluminus
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= Mookomys altifluminis
Wood 1931
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
(sic) | ||||||||||
Perognathoides sp.
Wood 1935
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Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
synonym of Cupidinimus | ||||||||||
"probably" the Norden Bridge species | ||||||||||
Cupidinimus nebraskensis
Wood 1935
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Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
see also Barnosky 1986a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Monosaulax sp.
Stirton 1935
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said to include both "Monosaulax pansus" and "M. curtis" (sic) by Stirton 1935 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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? Plesiosminthus sp.
Viret 1926
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Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
= Plesiosminthus cartomylos
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Green 1977 | |||||||||
this is the new species of Norden Bridge and Egelhoff, not yet named in 1977 | ||||||||||
= Schaubeumys cartomylos
Korth 1987
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Copemys kelloggae
(Hoffmeister 1959)
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Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
= Copemys niobrariensis
Hoffmeister 1959
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
synonym of Copemys longidens | ||||||||||
Miochomys niobrariensis n. gen., n. sp.
Hoffmeister 1959
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Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
type of Hoffmeister 1959 | ||||||||||
= Copemys niobrariensis
Hoffmeister 1959
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
synonym of Copemys longidens | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Boidae
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Boidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Iguanidae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
"form A" | ||||||||||
Phrynosoma sp.
Wiegmann 1828
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Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Teiidae
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cf. Cnemidophorus sp.
Wagler 1830
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Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Gerrhonotus sp.
Wiegmann 1828
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Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
= Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2006 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone orthopygia
(Cope 1878)
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Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
recombined as Hesperotestudo orthopygia | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo cf. hibbardi
Taylor 1936
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Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amia sp.
Linnaeus 1766
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Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
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Ictalurus sp.
Rafinesque 1820
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Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
two forms | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Cherry |
Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 100.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 97.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Valentine | Member: | Crookston Bridge |
Local section: | ValAH | Local bed: | 2 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:see also Skinner and Johnson 1984 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Lull's Quarry D; Niobrara River; UCMP V-3218 | ||
Database number: | 18165 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2005-09-02 19:04:43 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3239. | R. A. Stirton and P. O. McGrew. 1935. A Preliminary Notice on the Miocene and Pliocene Mammalian Faunas Near Valentine, Nebraska. American Journal of Science 29(170):125-132 [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] | |
18120 | J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1018 | A. D. Barnosky. 1986. New Species of the Miocene Rodent Cupidinimus (Heteromyidae) and Some Evolutionary Relationships within the Genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(1):46-64 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
7565 | R. Estes and J. A. Tihen. 1964. Lower vertebrates from the Valentine Formation of Nebraska. American Midland Naturalist 72(2):453-472 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
58688 | J. W. Gidley. 1906. New or little known mammals from the Miocene of South Dakota. American Museum expedition of 1903. Part IV. Equidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22(8):135-153 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
1714 | M. Green. 1977. Neogene Zapodidae (Mammalia: Rodentia) from South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 51(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] | |
7564 | D. Klingener. 1968. Rodents of the Mio-Pliocene Norden Bridge local fauna, Nebraska. American Midland Naturalist 80(1):65-74 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
2337 | J. R. Macdonald. 1947. A new shrew from the Niobrara River Upper Miocene of Nebraska. American Journal of Science 245(2):123-126 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
2850 | K. M. Reed. 1962. Two new species of fossil Talpid Insectivores. Breviora 168 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
2897 | T. H. V. Rich. 1981. Origin and History of the Erinaceinae and Brachyericinae (Mammalia, Insectivora) in North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 171(1):1-116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
3418 | M. R. Thorpe. 1922. Some Tertiary Carnivora in the Marsh collection, with descriptions of new forms. American Journal of Science 3(18):423-455 [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] | |
3773 | D. B. Wright. 1983. Later Miocene Tayassuidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) of North America. University of Nebraska, M. S. thesis 1-350 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Sepkoski] |