Gordon Fossil Quarry (UNSM Sd-5): Irvingtonian, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus imperator (Leidy 1858)
synonym of Mammuthus columbi
described by LaGarry and Myers 1993
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus excelsus Leidy 1858
    = Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Alroy 2002
Equus calobatus (Troxell 1915)
synonym of Equus francisci
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sheridanus Frick 1937
    = Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bootherium cf. bombifrons (Harlan 1825)
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Hayoceros barbouri n. sp. Skinner 1942
of Skinner 1942 from Gordon Q. 1 Pit 3; type of H. falkenbachi Frick 1937 is from "Hay Springs" and referred material from "near Grayson" in Sheridan County
Capromeryx furcifer Matthew 1902
from Gordon Locality A, Q. 1: Skinner 1942
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848
Mammalia - Camelidae
Tanupolama sp. Stock 1928
synonym of Hemiauchenia
Camelops cf. hesternus (Leidy 1873)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis atrox Leidy 1853
recombined as Panthera leo atrox
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Canis dirus Leidy 1858
recombined as Aenocyon dirus
Canis cf. latrans Say 1823
    = Canis latrans Say 1823
Tedford et al. 2009
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus simus (Cope 1879)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra nebrascensis (Hollister 1911)
    = Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Geomys bursarius (Shaw 1800)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides sp. Foster 1838
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys niobrarius Hay 1921
OK according to Goodwin 1995b
Spermophilus cf. richardsonii (Sabine 1822)
recombined as Urocitellus richardsonii
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon cf. nebrascensis Brown 1903
    = Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840
McDonald 1995
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nebraska County:Sheridan
Coordinates: 42.7° North, 102.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.7° North, 102.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:UNSM
Metadata
Also known as:Gordon Quarry West; UNSM Sh-5
Database number:20347
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1916. R. A. Hintlian. 1975. University of Nebraska MS thesis [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
2499 H. G. McDonald. 1995. Gravigrade xenarthrans from the early Pleistocene Leisey Shell Pit 1A, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(11) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
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]