Crookston Bridge Quarry: Barstovian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ciconiiformes
- Ciconiidae
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Mycteria milleri
(Short 1966)
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Olson 1991 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Glyptemys valentinensis
Holman and Fritz 2001
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Holman and Fritz 2001 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Monosaulax skinneri
Stout 1999
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Korth 2008 | |||||||||
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Eucastor tortus
(Leidy 1858)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
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= Prodipoides burgensis
Korth 2002
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Korth 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Ceratogaulus rhinocerus
Matthew 1902
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Korth 2000 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mionictis sp.
Matthew 1924
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Corner 1976 | |||||||||
| said to be new and the same as Myers Farm species; listed as M. sp. by Voorhies 1990, and Mionictis omitted from Myers Farm by Voorhies | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Leptocyon vafer
(Leidy 1858)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
| may include specimen of Skinner and Johnson 1984 from just above quarry but in the same member: see their section 27, p. 339 | ||||||||||
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Aelurodon ferox
Leidy 1858
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
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Paratomarctus temerarius
(Leidy 1858)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Ramoceros cf. osborni
(Matthew 1904)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
| presumably includes "R. howardae" of Frick 1937 | ||||||||||
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Merycodus warreni
(Leidy 1858)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
| includes type of "Merycodus warreni johnsoni": see Frick 1937 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Procamelus occidentalis
Leidy 1858
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus cf. insignis
Leidy 1856
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
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Protohippus perditus
(Leidy 1858)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
| may include specimen of Skinner and Johnson 1984 from above quarry but in the same member: see their section 27, p. 339 | ||||||||||
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Neohipparion republicanus
(Osborn 1918)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
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= Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapiridae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Taperidae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Cherry |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 100.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 97.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| 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
| Formation: | Valentine | Member: | Crookston Bridge |
| Local section: | ValAH | Local bed: | 2 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 700 specimens |
| Taxonomic list comments:"more than 700" UNSM specimens: Skinner and Johnson 1984 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Merycodus Quarry; UNSM Cr-15 | ||
| Database number: | 18109 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Bloch | Enterer: | J. Alroy, R. Hulbert | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-09-28 14:47:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1280 | R. G. Corner. 1976. An early Valentinian vertebrate local fauna from southern Webster. Country, Nebraska. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 31435 | W. W. Korth. 2008. Cranial morphology, systematics and succession of beavers from the middle Miocene Valentine Formation of Nebraska, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(2):169-182 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 50340 | S. L. Olson. 1991. The Fossil Record of the Genus Mycteria (Ciconiidae) in North America. The Condor 93(4):1004-1006 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
| 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] | |
| 3558 | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |