Lost Duckling: Barstovian, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Protohippus sp. (Leidy 1858)
Voorhies 1990
    = cf. Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874
Alroy 2002
but matches Hulbert's diagnosis of Pliohippus lower teeth
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
? Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894
Voorhies 1990
Mammalia - Talpidae
Domninoides valentinensis Reed 1962
Voorhies 1990
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
cf. Parvericius montanus Koerner 1940
Voorhies 1990
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Eucastor cf. tortus (Leidy 1858)
Voorhies 1990
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Cupidinimus nebraskensis Wood 1935
Voorhies 1990
Oregonomys cf. agrarius (Wood 1935)
Voorhies 1990
    = Mioheteromys sp. Korth 1997
Alroy 2002
Perognathus cf. furlongi Gazin 1930
Voorhies 1990
    = Perognathus cf. brevidens Korth 1987
Alroy 2002
cf. Lignimus montis Storer 1970
Voorhies 1990
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
cf. Copemys niobrariensis (Hoffmeister 1959)
Voorhies 1990
synonym of Copemys longidens
cf. Tregomys sp. Wilson 1968
Voorhies 1990
synonym of Copemys
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Schaubeumys cartomylos Korth 1987
Voorhies 1990
"new sp."
Megasminthus tiheni Klingener 1966
Voorhies 1990
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulus sp. Cope 1878
Voorhies 1990
    = Mylagaulidae indet. Cope 1881
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
? Hesperolagomys sp. Clark et al. 1964
Voorhies 1990
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
Voorhies 1990
    = Archaeolaginae indet.
Alroy 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nebraska County:Brown
Coordinates: 42.7° North, 100.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.2° North, 96.7° 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:Barstovian
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 13.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:49 specimens
Museum repositories:UNSM
Taxonomic list comments:NISP 49
Metadata
Also known as:UNSM Bw-119
Database number:18240
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1992-08-05 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-12-20 12:59:35
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3503. M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate paleontology of the proposed Norden Reservoir Area, Brown, Cherry and Keya Paha counties, Nebraska. Technical Report, Division of Archeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska 82-09 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
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]