Lyman Beaver Locality: Orellan, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Hadroleptauchenia eiseleyi n. sp.
Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
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Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 | |||||||||
| synonym of Leptauchenia decora | ||||||||||
| "6 mi. E. of Lyman" in "Brule Zone A" | ||||||||||
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Miniochoerus gracilis
(Leidy 1851)
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Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 | |||||||||
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Otionohyus wardi
Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
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Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 | |||||||||
| synonym of Merycoidodon culbertsonii | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Leptochoeridae
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Stibarus obtusilobus
Cope 1873
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Edwards 1976 | |||||||||
| Orella B or C | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Hesperocyon gregarius
(Cope 1873)
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Wang 1994 | |||||||||
| Orella B | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Adjidaumo minutus
(Cope 1873)
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| Orella C or D | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Agnotocastor readingi
Korth 1988
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Korth 1996 | |||||||||
| Orella B (6 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Parophisaurus pawneensis
(Gilmore 1928)
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Sullivan 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| USNM 50000, incomplete skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Scotts Bluff |
| Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 103.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.0° North, 95.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Orellan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 31.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Brule | Member: | lower Orella |
| Local section: | NPlat | Local bed: | 1 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UNSM |
| Taxonomic list comments:said by Korth 1996b to be 7.1 mi E of Lyman possibly relevant: Ischyromys type Heaton 1993: "Lyman" | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UNSM Sf-102; 6 miles east of Lyman | ||
| Database number: | 17135 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | T. Cleary | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-09-22 11:18:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-09-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2112. | W. W. Korth. 1989. Geomyoid rodents (Mammalia) from the Orellan (middle Oligocene) of Nebraska,. Los Angeles Museum of History, Science Series 33:31-46 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1426 | P. Edwards. 1976. The subfamily Leptochoerinae (Artiodactyla, Dichobunidae) of North America (Oligocene). Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 14(2):99-113 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 2128 | W. W. Korth. 1996. Additional specimens of Agnotocastor readingi (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the Orellan (Oligocene) of Nebraska and a possible origin for the beavers. Paludicola 1(1):16-20 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 3068 | C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1956. Miniochoerinae and Oreonetinae two new subfamilies of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 109(4):373-482 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 3069 | C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1968. The Phylogeny of the Oreodonts. Part 1: Merycoidodontinae, Eporeodontinae, and Leptaucheniinae, Three Subfamilies Of Oreodonts, With an Appendix to the Revision Of The Merycoidodontidae, and Part 2. Summary and Conclusions Concerning the Merycoidodontidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 139:1-498 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 28390 | R. M. Sullivan. 1987. Parophisaurus pawneensis (Gilmore, 1928) new genus of anguid lizard from the middle Oligocene of North America. Journal of Herpetology 21(2):115-133 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 6226 | X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |