Vim-Peetz: Barstovian - Clarendonian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Proboscidea
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Proboscidea indet.
Illiger 1811
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Plionictis ogygia
(Matthew 1901)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus sp.
Cope 1873
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= Borophaginae indet.
Simpson 1945
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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| "Merychippus" republicanus: i.d. not clearly established by Galbreath's description | ||||||||||
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Equini indet.
Quinn 1955
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| "advanced protohippine" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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= Teleoceras medicornutum
Osborn 1904
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
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Aphelops megalodus
(Cope 1873)
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Prothero 1989 | |||||||||
| pers. commun. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus medius
(Leidy 1858)
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= Merychyus medius
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Ustatochoerus medius | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Aepycamelus giraffinus
(Matthew 1909)
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Ramoceros osborni
(Matthew 1904)
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Condylura sp.
Illinger 1811
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= Domninoides sp.
Green 1956
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Hutchison 1968 | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Logan |
| Coordinates: | 40.8° North, 103.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.3° North, 100.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Barstovian - Clarendonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pawnee Creek Beds | ||||
| Local section: | PwnCr | Local bed: | 5 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: JA: Barstovian to Clarendonian based on AEO results | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:overlies Kennesaw and equivalent to Pawnee Buttes; Ogallala Group overlying Pawnee Creek Fm. sensu stricto: Woodburne 1996a "probable" occurrences: Pseudaelurus intrepidus "Merychippus" proplacidus "Merychippus" campestris Teleoceras "medicornutus" (sic) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18445 | ||
| 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: | 2009-12-20 13:32:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1570. | E. C. Galbreath. 1953. A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4:1-120 [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] | |
| 1989 | J. H. Hutchison. 1968. Fossil Talpidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) from the Tertiary of Oregon. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 11:1-117 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 6328 | D. R. Prothero. 1989. Personal communication regarding rhinocerotid identifications. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |