Norden Bridge Quarry: Barstovian, Nebraska
collected by J. A. Holman, M. Voorhies 1960, 1962, 1971 (), 1974 - 1979 (), 1981
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
|
||||||||||
Florentiamyinae indet.
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Pylodictis sp.
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Allomys stirtoni n. sp.
Klingener 1968
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= informal Barstovian allomyine stirtoni
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
? Diprionomys sp.
Kellogg 1910
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
= Peridiomys sp.
Matthew 1924
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Mioheteromyinae indet.
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
|
||||||||||
Cyprinidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
|
||||||||||
Ictalurus lambda
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Ictalurus echinatus
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Ictalurus cf. leidyi
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Ictalurus cf. punctatus
(Rafinesque 1818)
|
||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Esociformes
- Esocidae
|
||||||||||
Esox sp.
Linnaeus 1758
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Centrarchiformes
- Centrarchidae
|
||||||||||
Lepomis microlophus
Lee 1980
|
||||||||||
Micropterus sp.
Lacépède 1802
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
|
||||||||||
Aplodinotus grunniens
Rafinesque 1819
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
|
||||||||||
Atractosteus spatula
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
|
||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
|
||||||||||
Amia calva
Linnaeus 1766
|
||||||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
|
||||||||||
Rallinae indet.
Vigors 1825
|
Becker 1987 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
|
||||||||||
Anserinae indet.
Vigors 1825
|
Becker 1987 | |||||||||
Reptilia
|
||||||||||
Alligator sp.
Daudin 1809
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Crocodylia indet.
Owen 1842
|
Whiting and Head 2020 | |||||||||
UNSM 85347 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Scincidae
|
||||||||||
cf. Eumeces sp.
Wiegmann 1834
|
Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
Eumeces sp.
Wiegmann 1834
|
Wellstead 1982 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Xenosauridae
|
||||||||||
Nordenosaurus magnus n. sp.
Holman 1973
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
xenosaurid | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
|
||||||||||
Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
|
Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
large | ||||||||||
Gerrhonotus sp.
Wiegmann 1828
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Gerrhonotus cf. mungerorum
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Rhineuridae
|
||||||||||
cf. Rhineura sp.
Cope 1861
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Iguanidae
|
||||||||||
Sceloporus sp.
Wiegmann 1828
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Leiocephalus nebraskensis
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Boidae
|
||||||||||
Geringophis depressus
Holman 1976
|
Holman 1982 | |||||||||
Charina prebottae
Brattstrom 1958
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Viperidae
|
||||||||||
Viperidae indet.
Oppel 1811
|
Holman 1982 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
|
||||||||||
Neonatrix magna n. sp.
Holman 1982
|
Holman 1982 | |||||||||
Neonatrix elongata
Holman 1973
|
Holman 1982 | |||||||||
Paleoheterodon tiheni n. gen., n. sp.
Holman 1964
|
Holman 1964 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Salvadora paleolineata
Holman 1973
|
Holman 1982 | |||||||||
Elaphe nebraskensis n. sp.
Holman 1964
|
Holman 1964 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Ameiseophis cf. robinsoni
Holman 1976
|
Holman 1982 | |||||||||
originally entered as Ameisophis robinsoni | ||||||||||
Nebraskophis skinneri
Holman 1973
|
Holman 1982 | |||||||||
Lampropeltis similis n. sp.
Holman 1964
|
Holman 1964 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
|
||||||||||
Clemmys sp.
Ritgen 1828
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Glyptemys valentinensis
Holman and Fritz 2001
|
Holman and Fritz 2001 | |||||||||
Chrysemys sp.
Gray 1844
|
Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
= Emydinae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
|
Alroy 2008 | |||||||||
Emydoidea hutchisoni
Holman 1995
|
Holman 2002 | |||||||||
= Chrysemys sp.
Gray 1844
|
Holman 2003 | |||||||||
cf. Graptemys sp.
Agassiz 1857
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
|
||||||||||
Geochelone orthopygia
(Cope 1878)
|
||||||||||
recombined as Hesperotestudo orthopygia | ||||||||||
Geochelone nordensis n. sp.
Holman 1973
|
Holman 1973 | |||||||||
synonym of Hesperotestudo orthopygia | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
|
||||||||||
Macroclemys sp.
(Gray 1856)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
original and current combination Macrochelys | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
|
||||||||||
Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
|
Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
= Trionyx quinni n. sp.
Holman 1982
|
Holman 1982 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
|
||||||||||
cf. Zygolophodon sp.
(Vacek 1877)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
|
||||||||||
Gomphotherium cf. osborni
(Barbour 1916)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Gomphotherium cf. willistoni
Barbour 1914
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
synonym of Trilophodon osborni | ||||||||||
see Voorhies' discussion | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
|
||||||||||
Teleoceras medicornutum
Osborn 1904
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Teleoceras minor
Olcott 1909
|
Mead 1999 | |||||||||
synonym of Teleoceras meridianum | ||||||||||
"T. cf. minor" of Skinner and Johnson 1984 | ||||||||||
Aphelops megalodus
(Cope 1873)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Peraceras profectum
(Matthew 1899)
|
Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
Peraceras crassus
(Leidy 1858)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Peraceras superciliosum
Cope 1880
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
original and current combination Peraceras superciliosus | ||||||||||
considered a senior synonym of superciliosum by Voorhies, but see Prothero 1998d | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
|
||||||||||
Tapiridae indet.
(Gray 1821)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
original and current combination Taperidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
|
||||||||||
Chalicotheriidae indet.
Gill 1872
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
|
||||||||||
Merychippus insignis
Leidy 1856
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
"Merychippus" republicanus
Osborn 1918
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
i.d. checked by JA 24 October 1990, on basis of figures and description of species provided by Webb and Hulbert 1986; the same species as USNM 1352 is present | ||||||||||
Cormohipparion quinni
Woodburne 1996
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Hippotherium ? quinni
Woodburne 1996
|
Woodburne 1996 | |||||||||
original and current combination Cormohipparion quinni | ||||||||||
although text is confused, I believe he means that the juvenile skull is "Cormohipparion" and the adult skull "M. republicanus," which would be reasonable | ||||||||||
Calippus francisi
(Hay 1924)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Calippus proplacidus
Osborn 1918
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Protohippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
reassigned as Merychippus (Protohippus) | ||||||||||
said to be a new species; less hypsodont, more complex fossettes than P. perditus; probably not P. vetus either | ||||||||||
Parahippus cognatus
(Leidy 1858)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Hypohippus osborni
Gidley 1907
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Megahippus mckennai
Tedford and Alf 1962
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Archaeohippus sp.
Gidley 1906
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
|
||||||||||
Prosynthetoceras sp.
(Frick 1937)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Protoceratidae indet.
Marsh 1891
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
|
||||||||||
Bouromeryx cf. americanus
(Douglass 1899)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Moschidae
|
||||||||||
Blastomeryx gemmifer
(Cope 1874)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
|
||||||||||
Pseudoparablastomeryx sp.
Frick 1937
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
|
||||||||||
Ramoceros osborni
(Matthew 1904)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Merycodus minor
(Frick 1937)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Submeryceros minor
Frick 1937
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Merycodus minor | ||||||||||
Merycodus necatus
Leidy 1854
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
|
||||||||||
Dyseohyus xiphodonticus
(Barbour 1925)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Prosthennops xiphodonticus
Barbour 1925
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Stirtonhyus xiphodonticus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
|
||||||||||
Ustatochoerus medius
(Leidy 1858)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Merychyus medius
Leidy 1858
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Ustatochoerus medius | ||||||||||
? Ticholeptus sp.
Cope 1878
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
|
||||||||||
cf. Miolabis sp.
Hay 1899
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Aepycamelus robustus
(Leidy 1858)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Procamelus occidentalis
Leidy 1858
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
|
||||||||||
Pseudaelurus intrepidus
(Leidy 1858)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
|
||||||||||
Aelurodon cf. wheelerianus
(Cope 1877)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Aelurodon cf. ferox
Leidy 1858
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
confirmed as A. ferox by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Cynarctus saxatilis
Matthew 1902
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Tomarctus temerarius
(Leidy 1858)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Paratomarctus temerarius
Leidy 1858
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Carpocyon cuspidatus
(Thorpe 1922)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Carpocyon compressus
Cope 1890
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
see also Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Leptocyon vafer
(Leidy 1858)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
|
||||||||||
Amphicyonidae indet.
Haeckel 1886
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Pseudocyon sp.
Lartet 1851
|
Hunt 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
|
||||||||||
Hemicyon sp.
Lartet 1851
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Ursidae indet.
Gray 1825
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
|
||||||||||
Bassariscus parvus
Hall 1927
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Probassariscus antiquus
Matthew and Cook 1909
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
original and current combination Bassariscus antiquus | ||||||||||
which Voorhies 1990 implies is a synonym of antiquus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
|
||||||||||
Brachypsalis pristinus
(Matthew and Gidley 1904)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= cf. Mionictis pristinus
Matthew and Gidley 1904
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Miomustela cf. madisonae
(Douglass 1929)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Leptarctus primus
Leidy 1856
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Plionictis parviloba
(Cope 1873)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
recombined as Martes parviloba | ||||||||||
Plionictis ogygia
(Matthew 1901)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Brachypsaloides modicus
(Matthew 1918)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Brachypsalis modicus
Matthew 1918
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Talpidae
|
||||||||||
Mystipterus sp.
Hall 1930
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Domninoides valentinensis
Reed 1962
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
cf. Scalopoides sp.
Wilson 1960
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
|
||||||||||
Alluvisorex sp.
Hutchison 1966
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Plesiosoricidae
|
||||||||||
Plesiosorex donroosai
Green 1977
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
|
||||||||||
Metechinus amplior
Rich 1981
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Untermannerix copiosus
Rich 1981
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Parvericius montanus
Koerner 1940
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
|
||||||||||
Copemys kelloggae
(Hoffmeister 1959)
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
(6 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Copemys niobrariensis
Hoffmeister 1959
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
synonym of Copemys longidens | ||||||||||
Muridae indet.
Illiger 1811
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
= Tregomys sp.
Wilson 1968
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
synonym of Copemys | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
|
||||||||||
? Plesiosminthus sp.
Viret 1926
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Schaubeumys cartomylos
Korth 1987
|
Korth 1987 | |||||||||
= Schaubeumys sp.
Wood 1935
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Megasminthus tiheni
Klingener 1966
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
|
||||||||||
Phelosaccomys sp.
Korth and Reynolds 1994
|
Korth and Reynolds 1994 | |||||||||
consistent with Evander 1999; "? Parapliosaccomys sp." said to be new; "P. annae" of Korth 1987 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
|
||||||||||
? Leptodontomys sp.
Shotwell 1956
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
|
||||||||||
Perognathus furlongi
Gazin 1930
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Perognathus brevidens
Korth 1987
|
Korth 1987 | |||||||||
Perognathus sp.
Maximillian 1839
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Perognathus trojectioansrum
Korth 1979
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Lignimus cf. montis
Storer 1970
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
described by Storer 1973 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Perognathoides cf. cuyamensis
Wood 1937
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
= Perognathoides sp.
Wood 1935
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
see also Korth 1996c who suggests it is C. kleinfelderi | ||||||||||
= Cupidinimus sp.
Wood 1935
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Cupidinimus nebraskensis
Wood 1935
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
Diprionomys agrarius
Wood 1935
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
= Mioheteromys amplissimus
Korth 1997
|
Korth 1997 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
|
||||||||||
Anchitheriomys fluminis
(Matthew 1918)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
see also Korth and Emry 1997a | ||||||||||
Monosaulax skinneri
Stout 1999
|
Evander 1999 | |||||||||
Monosaulax sp.
Stirton 1935
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
= Monosaulax cf. curtus
Matthew and Cook 1909
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Eucastor valentinensis
Stout 1999
|
Evander 1999 | |||||||||
= Monosaulax valentinensis
Stout 1999
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Temperocastor valentinensis | ||||||||||
Eucastor tortus
(Leidy 1858)
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
confirmed by Evander 1999 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
|
||||||||||
Mylagaulidae indet.
Cope 1881
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
= Mylagaulus cf. laevis
Matthew 1902
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Pterogaulus sp.
Korth 2000
|
Korth 2000 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
|
||||||||||
? Tamias sp.
Illinger 1811
|
Klingener 1968 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Eutamias cf. ateles
Hall 1930
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Tamias cf. ateles
Hall 1930
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Blackia sp.
Mein 1970
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Sciuropterus sp.
Cuvier 1825
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Petauristodon sp.
Engesser 1979
|
Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Miospermophilus sp.
Black 1963
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
|
||||||||||
Russellagus vonhofi
Storer 1970
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Hesperolagomys fluviatilis
Storer 1970
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
|
||||||||||
Hypolagus cf. fontinalis
Dawson 1958
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Hypolagus parviplicatus
Dawson 1958
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
|
||||||||||
cf. Antrozous sp.
Allen 1862
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
a bat | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
|
||||||||||
Scaphiopus wardorum n. sp.
(Estes and Tihen 1964)
|
Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
original and current combination Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) wardorum | ||||||||||
Scaphiopus cf. alexanderi
Zweifel 1956
|
Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
= Scaphiopus bombifrons
Cope 1863
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
recombined as Spea bombifrons | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
|
||||||||||
Bufo kuhrei n. sp.
Holman 1973
|
Holman 1973 | |||||||||
Bufo cf. hibbardi
Taylor 1936
|
Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
Bufo valentinensis n. sp.
Estes and Tihen 1964
|
Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
|
||||||||||
Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
|
Estes and Tihen 1964 | |||||||||
= Rana aff. pipiens
Schreber 1782
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
|
||||||||||
Acris cf. crepitans
Baird 1854
|
Chantell 1964 | |||||||||
see also Chantell 1966 | ||||||||||
Pseudacris cf. clarki
Baird 1854
|
Chantell 1964 | |||||||||
Pseudacris nordensis n. sp.
Chantell 1964
|
Chantell 1964 | |||||||||
Hyla cf. squirella
Bosc 1800
|
Chantell 1964 | |||||||||
Hyla cf. cinerea
(Schneider 1799)
|
Chantell 1964 | |||||||||
= Hyla cf. versicolor
Le Conte 1825
|
Chantell 1966 | |||||||||
Hyla cf. gratiosa
Le Conte 1856
|
Chantell 1964 | |||||||||
see also Chantell 1966 | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
|
||||||||||
Siren sp.
Linnaeus 1766
|
Holman and Voorhies 1985 | |||||||||
Cryptobranchus mccalli n. sp.
Tihen and Chantell 1963
|
||||||||||
synonym of Andrias matthewi | ||||||||||
Ambystoma minshalli n. sp.
Tihen and Chantell 1963
|
||||||||||
Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
|
||||||||||
Acipenser sp.
Linnaeus 1758
|
Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Brown |
Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 100.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 96.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Altitude: | 661 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Ogallala | Formation: | Valentine | Member: | Cornell Dam |
Local section: | ValAH | Local bed: | 1 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Hurlbut Ash in CD Mbr. dated at 11.6 +/- 1.1 (recalibrated from 13.6 +/- 1.3) Ma FT on glass; this date is anomalous and the recalibration was never justified |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" unlithified sandstone |
Lithology description: "buff-colored, loose, and completely unconsolidated, crossbedded channel sands of fine to medium texture" (Tihen and Chantell 1963) | |
Environment: | "channel" |
Geology comments: "channel deposit" (Chantell 1964) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,sieve | ||
Collection size: | 4288 specimens | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | UMMP,UNSM,USNM | ||
Collectors: | J. A. Holman, M. Voorhies | Collection dates: | 1960, 1962, 1971 (MSU), 1974 - 1979 (MSU), 1981 |
Collection method comments: additional specimens are in the Michigan State University collection, which was obtained from "a five ton sample of matrix" (Holman 1973) | |||
Taxonomic list comments:NISP not completely clear; NISP 3396 for "large" specimens from five main quarries (clearly almost all mammals), and NISP 892 for screenwashed mammals in four screened samples (may include unidentifiable specimens), for a total of about 4288 |
Metadata
Also known as: | UNSM Bw-106 | ||
Database number: | 18284 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot, C. Bell, P. Mannion, M. Carrano, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, P. Mannion, M. Carrano, J. Marcot, C. Bell |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-02-05 15:19:17 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
25657. | J. A. Tihen and C. J. Chantell. 1963. Urodele remains from the Valentine Formation of Nebraska. Copeia 1963(3):505-510 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
26812 | J. Alroy. 2008. Synonymies, reidentifications, and other arbitrary pronouncements mostly concerning fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
75080 | J. J. Becker. 1987. Neogene Avian Localities of North America 1-171 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
7555 | C. J. Chantell. 1964. Some Mio-Pliocene hylids from the Valentine Formation of Nebraska. American Midland Naturalist 72(1):211-225 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
25726 | C. J. Chantell. 1966. Late Cenozoic hylids from the Great Plains. Herpetologica 22(4):259-264 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
7565 | R. Estes and J. A. Tihen. 1964. Lower vertebrates from the Valentine Formation of Nebraska. American Midland Naturalist 72(2):453-472 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1467 | R. L. Evander. 1999. Rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Railway Quarries local fauna (Miocene, Barstovian) of Nebraska. Paludicola 2(3):240-256 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
45289 | J. A. Holman. 1964. Fossil snakes from the Valentine Formation of Nebraska. Copeia 1964(4):631-637 [J. Head/J. Head] | |
706 | J. A. Holman. 1973. New amphibians and reptiles from the Norden Bridge fauna (Upper Miocene) of Nebraska. Michigan Academician 6:149-163 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] | |
778 | J. A. Holman. 1982. New herpetological species and records from the Norden Bridge fauna (Miocene: Late Barstovian) of Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 10:31-36 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] | |
23546 | J. A. Holman. 2002. Additional specimens of the Miocene turtle Emydoidea hutchisoni Holman 1995: new temporal occurrences, taxonomic characters, and phylogenetic inferences. Journal of Herpetology 36(3):436-446 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
24970 | J. A. Holman and U. Fritz. 2001. A new emydine species from the Medial Miocene (Barstovian) of Nebraska, USA with a new generic arrangement for the species of Clemmys sensu McDowell (1964) (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 51(19):321-343 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
12940 | J. A. Holman and M. Tanimoto. 2004. cf. Trimeresurus Lacépède (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the late Early Miocene of Japan. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 47(1):1-7 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head] | |
25662 | J. A. Holman and M. R. Voorhies. 1985. Siren (Caudata: Sirenidae) from the Barstovian Miocene of Nebraska. Copeia 1985(1):264-266 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1977 | R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Amphicyonidae. 196-227 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
7564 | D. Klingener. 1968. Rodents of the Mio-Pliocene Norden Bridge local fauna, Nebraska. American Midland Naturalist 80(1):65-74 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
2108 | W. W. Korth. 1987. Sciurid rodents (Mammalia) from the Chadronian and Orellan (Oligocene) of Nebraska. Journal of Paleontology 61(6):1247-1255 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
2132 | W. W. Korth. 1997. A new subfamily of primitive pocket mice (Rodentia, Heteromyidae) from the middle Tertiary of North America. Paludicola 1(2):33-66 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
2143 | W. W. Korth. 2000. Review of Miocene (Hemingfordian to Clarendonian) mylagaulid rodents (Mammalia) from Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(4):227-280 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
2151 | W. W. Korth and R. E. Reynolds. 1994. A hypsodont gopher (Rodentia, Geomyidae) from the Clarendonian (Miocene) of California. San Bernardino County Museum Association Special Publication 94-1:91-95 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
4320 | A. J. Mead. 1999. Teleoceras minor (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the Miocene of Nebraska. Proceedings of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 109:76 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
3503 | M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate paleontology of the proposed Norden Reservoir Area, Brown, Cherry and Keya Paha counties, Nebraska. Technical Report, Division of Archeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska 82-09 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
3510 | M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Ogallala Group in Nebraska. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains 115-151 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
43537 | C. F. Wellstead. 1982. Lizards from the lower Valentine Formation (Miocene) of northern Nebraska. Journal of Herpetology 16(4):364-375 [C. Bell/C. Bell/C. Bell] | |
72834 | E. T. Whiting and J. J. Head. 2020. Neogene crocodylians from the Central Great Plains: spatiotemporal histories and relationships with regional climatic and environmental changes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(1):e1764007:1-14 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
3755 | M. O. Woodburne. 1996. Reappraisal of the Cormohipparion from the Valentine Formation, Nebraska. American Museum Novitates 3163:1-56 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |