Bone Cove (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 95.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Big Cottonwood Creek Member (Chadron Formation), Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• member assignment based on LaGarry pers. commun. 19 May 2005
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: G. E. Ostrander. 1985. Correlation of the early Oligocene (Chadronian) in northwestern Nebraska. Dakoterra 2(2):205-231 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details
PaleoDB collection 16917: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
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Taxonomic list
• NE 1/4 sec 26 T33N R53W
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Reptilia | |
Glyptosaurus sp. Marsh 1871 squamates | |
Mammalia | |
Centetodon chadronensis Lillegraven et al. 1981 placental | |
Domnina gradata Cope 1873 shrew | |
Oligoryctes cameronensis Hough 1956 placental | |
Micropternodus montrosensis Ostrander 1983 placental
Micropternodus borealis Matthew 1903 placental | |
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere | |
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse | |
Hyracodon nebraskensis Leidy 1850 odd-toed ungulate probably OK because Ostrander also recognizes H. priscidens
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Leptomeryx sp. Leidy 1853 ruminant | |
Hypisodus minimus Cope 1873 ruminant | |
Archaeotherium sp. Leidy 1850 even-toed ungulate | |
Merycoidodon sp. Leidy 1848 oreodont | |
? Daphoenus sp. Leidy 1853 bear-dog | |
Hesperocyon sp. Scott 1890 canid | |
Pseudocylindrodon neglectus Burke 1935 rodent
Cylindrodon sp. Douglass 1902 rodent | |
"Protosciurus jeffersoni" = Douglassciurus jeffersoni
"Protosciurus jeffersoni" = Douglassciurus jeffersoni Douglass 1902 squirrel | |
Prosciurus vetustus Matthew 1903 mountain beaver | |
Ischyromys veterior Matthew 1903 rodent | |
Eomyidae indet., Centimanomys major, Adjidaumo minimus, Adjidaumo minutus, "Paradjidaumo trilophus" = Adjidaumo trilophus, "Yoderimys burkei" = Zemiodontomys burkei
Eomyidae indet. Winge 1887 rodent
Centimanomys major Galbreath 1955 rodent
Adjidaumo minimus Matthew 1903 rodent
Adjidaumo minutus Cope 1873 rodent
"Paradjidaumo trilophus" = Adjidaumo trilophus Cope 1873 rodent
"Yoderimys burkei" = Zemiodontomys burkei Black 1965 rodent | |
Eutypomyidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent | |
Palaeolagus temnodon Douglass 1902 rabbit | |
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"Peratherium fugax" = Herpetotherium fugax
"Peratherium fugax" = Herpetotherium fugax Cope 1873 marsupial |