Durnal Ranch Quarry: Geringian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Goinophis minusculus n. gen., n. sp.
Holman 1976
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Holman 1976 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Calamagras platyspondyla n. sp.
Holman 1976
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Holman 1976 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Anilioides nebraskensis n. sp.
Holman 1976
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Holman 1976 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
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Peratherium spindleri
Macdonald 1963
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
| synonym of Herpetotherium youngi | ||||||||||
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Nanodelphys sp.
McGrew 1937
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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? Elomeryx sp.
Marsh 1894
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Miohippus cf. intermedius
(Osborn and Wortman 1895)
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Miotapirus sp.
Schlaikjer 1937
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
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= Tapiridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Taperidae | ||||||||||
| not discussed by Albright 1998a | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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? Subhyracodon sp.
Wood 1927
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
| discussed by Tanner 1977 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proscalopidae
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Proscalops tertius
Reed 1961
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Centetodon magnus
(Clark 1936)
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
| discussed by Lillegraven et al. 1981 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Domnina dakotensis
Macdonald 1970
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Proterix sp.
Matthew 1903
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Palaeolagus hypsodus
Schlaikjer 1935
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
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Palaeolagus philoi
Dawson 1958
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Tenudomys titanus
Martin 1974
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Palaeocastor nebrascensis
(Leidy 1856)
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
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= Palaeocastor sp.
Leidy 1869
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| see Xu 1996 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Paciculus cf. insolitus
Cope 1879
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Leidymys blacki
(Macdonald 1963)
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
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Geringia mcgregori
(Macdonald 1970)
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
| "A": described by Martin 1980a | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Plesiosminthus geringensis
Martin 1974
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
| synonym of Schaubeumys clivosus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Aplodontidae indet.
Brandt 1855
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
| said to be new; same as Meniscomys new sp. of Martin 1973 and new aplodontid of Rasmussen 1977 Ph.D.; does not belong to Meniscomys | ||||||||||
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Prosciurus dawsonae
Macdonald 1963
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Swisher 1982 | |||||||||
| recombined as Campestrallomys dawsonae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Cedromus savannae
Hayes 2007
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Hayes 2007 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Ekgmowechashalidae
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Ekgmowechashala philotau
Macdonald 1963
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Rust et al. 2023 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Morrill |
| Coordinates: | 41.7° North, 103.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.5° North, 96.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Geringian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 29.50000 - 24.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UNSM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UNSM Mo-119 | ||
| Database number: | 17495 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, J. Marcot, J. Head | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, J. Marcot, J. Head |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-02-24 16:51:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 945. | J. Alker. 1969. Paciculus (Cricetinae, incertae sedis) teeth from the Miocene of Nebraska. Journal of Paleontology 43(1):171-174 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 51382 | F. G. Hayes. 2007. Magnetostratigraphy and paleontology of Wagner Quarry, (late Oligocene, early Arikareean) basal Arikaree Group of the Pine Ridge region, Dawes County, Nebraska. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 47(1):1-48 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 14759 | J. A. Holman. 1976. Snakes from the Rosebud Formation (Middle Miocene) of South Dakota. Herpetologica 32:41-48 [J. Head/J. Head] | |
| 86473 | K. Rust, X. Ni, K. Tietjen and K. C. Beard. 2023. Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of the enigmatic North American primate Ekgmowechashala illuminated by new fossils from Nebraska (USA) and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China). Journal of Human Evolution [K. Beard/K. Beard] | |
| 3345 | C. C. Swisher. 1982. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the eastern portion of the Wildcat Ridge, western Nebraska. 1-172 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |