Seneca ( of the United States)

Also known as UNSM Ho-105

Where: Hooker County, Nebraska (42.0° N, 101.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 100.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: L. D. Martin and C. B. Schultz. 1985. Small mammals of the Seneca and Sappa Local Faunas (post-Ogallala of Nebraska). Institute for Teriary-Quaternary Studies, TER-QUA Symposium Series 1:163-179 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 19964: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Planisorex dixonensis, ? Blarina sp.
Planisorex dixonensis Hibbard 1956 red-toothed shrew
? Blarina sp. Gray 1838 American short-tailed shrew
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus sp.
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus sandersi
Zapus sandersi Hibbard 1956 jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pliophenacomys osborni, Ondatra idahoensis, Ophiomys parvus, Reithrodontomys pratincola, Mictomys cf. vetus
Pliophenacomys osborni Martin 1972 mouse
Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933 muskrat
Ophiomys parvus Wilson 1933 vole
Reithrodontomys pratincola Hibbard 1941 harvest mouse
Mictomys cf. vetus Wilson 1933 bog lemming
described by Koenigswald and Martin 1984
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Procastoroides idahoensis, "Dipoides" sp.
Procastoroides idahoensis Shotwell 1970 beaver
"Dipoides" sp. Jaeger 1835 beaver
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys cf. quinni
Geomys cf. quinni McGrew 1944 pocket gopher