Lisco Locality C: Blancan, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo indet. Laurenti 1768
Holman 1991 1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana indet. Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1991 42 specimens
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782
Holman 1991 31 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775
(1 measurement)
    = Paenemarmota barbouri Hibbard and Schultz 1948
Hibbard and Schultz 1948
from UNSM Gd-14
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841
    = Dipodomyinae indet.
Alroy 2002
could be Prodipodomys
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus simplicidens Cope 1892
recombined as Plesippus simplicidens
Mammalia - Camelidae
Gigantocamelus spatulus (Cope 1893)
? Megatylopus cochrani (Hibbard and Riggs 1949)
Voorhies and Corner 1986
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
"Smilodon" sp. Lund 1841
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Canis lepophagus Johnston 1938
Nowak 1979
    = Canis ferox Miller and Carranza-Castaneda 1998
Tedford et al. 2009
recombined as Eucyon ferox
Borophagus sp. Cope 1892
    = Borophagus diversidens Cope 1892
Wang et al. 1999
from UNSM Gd-14
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1991 4 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternon flavescens (Agassiz 1857)
Holman 1991 51 specimens
one shell + 50 fragments
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus indet. Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1991 1 specimen
Reptilia - Colubridae
Elaphe vulpina (Baird and Girard 1853)
Holman 1991 10 specimens
Lampropeltis triangulum Lacépède 1788
Holman 1991 9 specimens
Coluber indet. Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1991 5 specimens
Pituophis catenifer
Holman 1991 30 specimens
single individual
Storeria indet. Baird and Girard 1853
Holman 1991 5 specimens
Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1991 59 specimens
Thamnophis radix
Holman 1991 48 specimens
Thamnophis sirtalis Linnaeus
Holman 1991 61 specimens
Heterodon indet. Latreille 1801
Holman 1991 3 specimens
Reptilia - Teiidae
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Linnaeus 1766)
Holman 1991 1 specimen
Reptilia - Scincidae
Eumeces indet. Wiegmann 1834
Holman 1991 2 specimens
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Sceloporus (cf. Sceloporus) robustus Twente 1952
Holman 1991 1 specimen
Sceloporus undulatus (Bosc 1802)
Holman 1991 3 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nebraska County:Garden
Coordinates: 41.4° North, 102.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.5° North, 101.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.90000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:UNSM
Metadata
Also known as:UNSM Gd-13, 14, 15
Database number:19960
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Head, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Head, J. Marcot
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3073. C. B. Schultz and T. M. Stout. 1948. Pleistocene of the Great Plains. Geological Society America Bulletin 59:553-588 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1906 C. W. Hibbard and C. B. Schultz. 1948. A new Sciurid of Blancan Age from Kansa and Nebraska. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 3(3):1-11 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
45331 J. A. Holman. 1991. Fossil herpetofauna of the Lisco C Quarries (Pliocene: early Blancan) of Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences XVIII:19-29 [J. Head/J. Head]
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]
52058 R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd]
3512 M. R. Voorhies and R. G. Corner. 1986. Megatylopus(?) cochrani (Mammalia: Camelidae): A Re-Evaluation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(1):65-75 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
3558 X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]