Angus: Irvingtonian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus imperator
(Leidy 1858)
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| synonym of Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammutidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus excelsus
Leidy 1858
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= Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Equus cf. conversidens
Owen 1869
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Equus calobatus
(Troxell 1915)
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| synonym of Equus francisci | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Capromeryx furcifer
Matthew 1902
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus sp.
Cope 1869
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Platygonus compressus
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops kansanus
Leidy 1854
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= Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes velox
(Say 1823)
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| probably OK: Anderson 1984 | ||||||||||
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Canis cf. dirus
Leidy 1858
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= Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Nowak 1979 | |||||||||
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Canis latrans
Say 1823
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela frenata
Lichtenstein 1831
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| recombined as Neogale frenata | ||||||||||
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Taxidea taxus
(Schreber 1778)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Mephitis mephitis
(Schreber 1776)
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus cf. aquaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex cf. cinereus
Kerr 1792
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Blarina brevicauda
(Say 1823)
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| confirmed by Jones et al. 1984 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Onychomys cf. leucogaster
(Wied-Neuwied 1841)
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Synaptomys sp.
Baird 1858
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= Synaptomys cooperi
Baird 1858
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Koenigswald and Martin 1984 | |||||||||
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Reithrodontomys sp.
Giglioli 1874
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Microtus ochrogaster
(Wagner 1842)
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= Pedomys ochrogaster
Wagner 1842
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Microtus ochrogaster | ||||||||||
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Clethrionomys cf. gapperi
(Vigors 1830)
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Ondatra nebrascensis
(Hollister 1911)
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= Ondatra zibethicus
Linnaeus 1766
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Zapus hudsonius
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys cf. bursarius
(Shaw 1800)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Dipodomys sp.
Gray 1841
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Perognathus hispidus
Baird 1858
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= Chaetodipus hispidus
Baird 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor cf. accessor
Hay 1927
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= Castor cf. californicus
Kellogg 1911
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Castoroides sp.
Foster 1838
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
(Mitchell 1821)
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Cynomys niobrarius
Hay 1921
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= Cynomys spenceri n. sp.
Goodwin 1995
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Goodwin 1995 | |||||||||
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Eutamias sp.
Trouessart 1880
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= Neotamias sp.
Howell 1929
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Spermophilus cf. franklinii
(Sabine 1822)
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| recombined as Poliocitellus franklinii | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Paramylodon sp.
Brown 1903
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= Paramylodon harlani
Owen 1840
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McDonald 1995 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Nuckolls |
| Coordinates: | 40.2° North, 98.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.2° North, 97.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | UNSM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UNSM No-101 | ||
| Database number: | 20143 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-07-15 19:04:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2419. | L. D. Martin. 1969. University of Nebraska MS thesis [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1685 | H. T. Goodwin. 1995. Systematic revision of fossil prairie dogs with descriptions of two new species. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Miscellaneous Publications 86:1-38 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 2093 | W. v. Koenigswald and L. D. Martin. 1984. Revision of the Fossil and Recent Lemminae (Rodentia, Mammalia). In R. M. Mengle (ed.), Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 9:122-137 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 2499 | H. G. McDonald. 1995. Gravigrade xenarthrans from the early Pleistocene Leisey Shell Pit 1A, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(11) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 2673 | R. M. Nowak. 1979. North American Quaternary Canis. Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 6:1-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |