Hay Springs Fossil Quarry (UNSM Sd-1): Irvingtonian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Cynomys niobrarius
Hay 1921
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OK according to Goodwin 1995b | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys bursarius
(Shaw 1800)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides sp.
Foster 1838
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Ondatra nebrascensis
(Hollister 1911)
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= Ondatra zibethicus
Linnaeus 1766
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
no other species of Ondatra is present: see Voorhies and Corner 1988 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aphelops megalodus
(Cope 1873)
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||
Equus calobatus
(Troxell 1915)
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synonym of Equus francisci | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops cf. hesternus
(Leidy 1873)
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Tanupolama sp.
Stock 1928
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= Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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? Capromeryx sp.
Matthew 1902
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may include type of C. furcifer from "Hay Springs": see Frick 1937 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Smilodon cf. fatalis
(Leidy 1868)
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Martin et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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both C. latrans and C. lupus are present at "Hay Springs": Nowak 1979 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Mylodontidae indet.
Ameghino 1889
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= Paramylodon harlani
Owen 1840
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McDonald 1995 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus imperator
(Leidy 1858)
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synonym of Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Sheridan |
Coordinates: | 42.7° North, 102.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.7° North, 102.3° 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: | 1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | UNSM |
Taxonomic list comments:"Microtus pennsylvanicus" is an intrusive: Kurten and Anderson 1980 |
Metadata
Also known as: | UNSM Sh-1 | ||
Database number: | 20375 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-12-09 17:16:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1916. | R. A. Hintlian. 1975. 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] | |
74680 | A. R. Cahn. 1932. Records and distribution of the fossil Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis. Journal of Mammalogy 13(3):229-241 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
2433 | L. D. Martin, C. B. Schultz, and M. R. Schult. 1988. Saber-toothed cats from the Plio-Pleistocene of Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 16:53-64 [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] | |
51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |