Mailbox: Late/Upper Hemphillian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Urotrichinae indet.
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Crotalus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Parmley and Holman 1995 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Nerodia sp.
Baird and Girard 1853
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Parmley and Holman 1995 | |||||||||
Paleoheterodon tiheni
Holman 1964
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Parmley and Holman 1995 | |||||||||
Heterodon cf. platyrhinos
(Latreille 1801)
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Parmley and Holman 1995 | |||||||||
Thamnophis sp.
Fitzinger 1843
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Parmley and Holman 1995 | |||||||||
Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Parmley and Holman 1995 | |||||||||
Coluber or Masticophis | ||||||||||
Elaphe cf. guttata
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Parmley and Holman 1995 | |||||||||
Pituophis melanoleucus
(Daudin 1803)
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Parmley and Holman 1995 | |||||||||
Lampropeltis triangulum
Lacépède 1788
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Parmley and Holman 1995 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Neohipparion cf. eurystyle
(Cope 1893)
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this could easily be wrong | ||||||||||
Nannippus sp.
(Matthew 1926)
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Dinohippus cf. leidyanus
(Osborn 1918)
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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cf. Pediomeryx sp.
Stirton 1936
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Antilocapridae indet.
Gray 1866
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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= Tayassuinae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia cf. vera
(Matthew 1909)
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recombined as Pleiolama vera | ||||||||||
Megatylopus cf. gigas
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis davisi
Merriam 1911
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= Eucyon cf. davisi
Merriam 1911
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Pliotaxidea nevadensis
(Butterworth 1916)
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus sp.
Geoffroy 1803
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= Hesperoscalops sp.
Hibbard 1941
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
synonym of Scalopus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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cf. Alluvisorex sp.
Hutchison 1966
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? Paracryptotis sp.
Hibbard 1950
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Mammalia
- Plesiosoricidae
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Meterix sp.
Hall 1929
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= Plesiosorex sp.
Pomel 1848
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Onychomys cf. larabeei
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Neotoma cf. sawrockensis
Hibbard 1967
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Calomys sp.
(Waterhouse 1837)
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= Bensonomys sp.
Gazin 1942
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Prosomys mimus
Shotwell 1956
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Pliozapus cf. solus
Wilson 1936
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Parapliosaccomys sp.
Shotwell 1967
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= Geomyidae indet.
Bonaparte 1845
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor cf. californicus
Kellogg 1911
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Dipoides sp.
Jaeger 1835
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Epigaulus hatcheri
Gidley 1907
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= Ceratogaulus hatcheri
Gidley 1907
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Paenemarmota cf. nevadensis
(Kellogg 1910)
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recombined as Marmota nevadensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotona cf. spanglei
Shotwell 1956
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus vetus
(Kellogg 1910)
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx cf. curvidens
Matthew 1924
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Scaphiopus sp.
Holbrook 1836
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Parmley 1992 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Parmley 1992 | |||||||||
"Rana cf. R. pipiens... complex" | ||||||||||
Rana cf. catesbeiana
Shaw 1802
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Parmley 1992 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Hyla sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Parmley 1992 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Antelope |
Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 98.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.7° North, 96.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | ||
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Miocene | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Hemphillian |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Hemphillian | ||
Age range of interval: | 9.40000 - 4.70000 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: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:overlies Middle Landing, an unpublished locality |
Metadata
Also known as: | Mailbox Prospect; UNSM Ap-125 | ||
Database number: | 18247 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2011-03-27 22:35:03 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
7579 | D. Parmley. 1992. Frogs in Hemphillian deposits of Nebraska, with the description of a new species of Bufo. Journal of Herpetology 26(3):274-281 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
7602 | D. Parmley and J. A. Holman. 1995. Hemphillian (late Miocene) snakes from Nebraska, with comments on Arikareean through Blancan snakes of midcontinental North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(1):79-95 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |