Also known as UNSM Kx-117
Where: Knox County, Nebraska (42.6° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 94.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the UNSM
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,
• tortoise was surface collected and the rest was screened
Primary reference: J. A. Holman. 1996. Glad Tidings, a late middle Miocene herpetofauna from northeastern Nebraska. Journal of Herpetology 30(3):430-432 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27507: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.12.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
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Pseudacris sp. Fitzinger 1843 chorus frog | |
"cf. Ambystoma priscum" = Amblystoma mole salamander
"Ambystoma sp." = Amblystoma Tschudi 1838 mole salamander
Ambystoma minshalli Tihen and Chantell 1963 mole salamander | |
Reptilia | |
Emydinae indet. Rafinesque 1815 turtle
Chrysemys sp. Gray 1844 painted turtle | |
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Geringophis depressus Holman 1976 sand boa | |
Elaphe nebraskensis, Lampropeltis similis, Salvadora paleolineata, Natricinae indet., Paleoheterodon tiheni
Elaphe nebraskensis Holman 1964 colubrid snake
Lampropeltis similis Holman 1964 colubrid snake
Salvadora paleolineata Holman 1973 colubrid snake
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake
Paleoheterodon tiheni Holman 1964 colubrid snake | |
Sceloporus sp. Wiegmann 1828 spiny lizard |