Fairfield Falls Quarry: Barstovian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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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Prodipoides dividerus
(Stirton 1935)
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Korth 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Leptocyon vafer
(Leidy 1858)
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Tedford et al. 2009 | |||||||||
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Paratomarctus temerarius
(Leidy 1858)
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus medius
(Leidy 1858)
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Schultz and Falkenbach 1941 | |||||||||
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= Merychyus medius
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Ustatochoerus medius | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Plioceros floblairi
Frick 1937
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Frick 1937 | |||||||||
| "tentatively referred" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Protohippus perditus
(Leidy 1858)
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
| pers. commun. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Brown |
| Coordinates: | 42.7° North, 100.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.2° North, 96.7° 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: | Devil's Gulch |
| Local section: | ValAH | Local bed: | 3 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:general Fairfield Creek records, stratigraphic position unclear: Cranioceras "mefferdi" Frick 1937: "Fairfield Creek, 1929" Ramoceros "hitchockensis" Frick 1937: "Fairfield Creek" "Meryceros warreni johnsoni" Frick 1937: "Fairfield Creek, 45 feet above Brule... 1930" 53 F:AM specimens: Skinner and Johnson 1984 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | FFQ; Fairfield Creek Falls Quarry | ||
| Database number: | 18155 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-12-28 11:19:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 6222 | C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 1952 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1989. Phylogenetic Interrelationships and Evolution of North American Late Equidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch (eds.), The Evolution of Perissodactyls [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 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] | |
| 3063 | C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1941. Ticholeptinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 79(1):1-105 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 52058 | R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd] |