Honey Creek: Hemphillian, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx cf. curvidens Matthew 1924
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitinae indet. Bonaparte 1845
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis" sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Dinohippus cf. leidyanus (Osborn 1918)
Neohipparion cf. eurystyle (Cope 1893)
take this with a grain of salt
Nannippus sp. (Matthew 1926)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Camelidae
Megatylopus cf. gigas (Matthew and Cook 1909)
Hemiauchenia cf. vera (Matthew 1909)
recombined as Pleiolama vera
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus sp. Geoffroy 1803
    = Hesperoscalops sp. Hibbard 1941
Alroy 2002
synonym of Scalopus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Dipoides sp. Jaeger 1835
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Prodipodomys sp. Hibbard 1939
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Pliogeomys sp. Hibbard 1954
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
? Prosomys sp. Shotwell 1956
said to be new
Onychomys cf. larabeei
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Pliozapus cf. solus Wilson 1936
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Epigaulus hatcheri Gidley 1907
    = Ceratogaulus hatcheri Gidley 1907
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona cf. spanglei Shotwell 1956
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus vetus (Kellogg 1910)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nebraska County:Holt
Coordinates: 42.7° North, 98.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.0° North, 97.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:UNSM
Metadata
Also known as:UNSM Ht-103
Database number:18201
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1992-08-05 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-12-20 13:23:02
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 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]