Welke: Barstovian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus cf. insignis
Leidy 1856
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Voorhies 1990 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Protohippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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Voorhies 1990 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| reassigned as Merychippus (Protohippus) | ||||||||||
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Calippus sp.
(Matthew and Stirton 1930)
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Voorhies 1990 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Protohippus (Calippus) | ||||||||||
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Neohipparion republicanus
(Osborn 1918)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
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= Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Voorhies 1990 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Merycodus sp.
Leidy 1854
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
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= Merycodontinae indet.
Matthew 1904
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Voorhies 1990 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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cf. Leptocyon sp.
Matthew 1918
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Voorhies 1990 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| - may be more specimens as this is not described, but MNI is 1 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Domninoides cf. valentinensis
Reed 1962
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Voorhies 1990 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Parvericius cf. montanus
Koerner 1940
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Voorhies 1990 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus sp.
Dice 1917
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
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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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Voorhies 1990 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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= Mylagaulidae indet.
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Aplodontidae indet.
Brandt 1855
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
| [entered as Apolodontidae indet.] | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Cupidinimus nebraskensis
Wood 1935
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Voorhies 1990 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Perognathus trojectioansrum
Korth 1979
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Voorhies 1990 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomyidae indet.
Bonaparte 1845
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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cf. Eucastor tortus
(Leidy 1858)
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Voorhies 1990 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Megasminthus tiheni
Klingener 1966
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Voorhies 1990 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Schaubeumys sp.
Wood 1935
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Voorhies 1990 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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= Schaubeumys cartomylos
Korth 1987
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Copemys cf. niobrariensis
(Hoffmeister 1959)
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Voorhies 1990 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Copemys longidens | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Sceloporus sp.
Wiegmann 1828
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Wellstead 1982 | |||||||||
| 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: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 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: | 27 specimens |
| Museum repositories: | UNSM |
| Taxonomic list comments:NISP 27 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UNSM Bw-111A | ||
| Database number: | 18454 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, C. Bell | Enterer: | J. Alroy, C. Bell |
| 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] | |
| 43537 | C. F. Wellstead. 1982. Lizards from the lower Valentine Formation (Miocene) of northern Nebraska. Journal of Herpetology 16(4):364-375 [C. Bell/C. Bell/C. Bell] |