Rushville Quarry (UNSM Sd-3): Irvingtonian, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus cf. richardsonii (Sabine 1822)
recombined as Urocitellus richardsonii
Cynomys niobrarius Hay 1921
OK according to Goodwin 1995b
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys bursarius (Shaw 1800)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758
Castoroides sp. Foster 1838
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Ondatra nebrascensis (Hollister 1911)
    = Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766
Alroy 2002
no other species of Ondatra is present: see Voorhies and Corner 1988
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus excelsus Leidy 1858
    = Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Alroy 2002
Equus calobatus (Troxell 1915)
synonym of Equus francisci
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops cf. hesternus (Leidy 1873)
Tanupolama sp. Stock 1928
synonym of Hemiauchenia
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx cf. minimus Meade 1942
    = Capromeryx cf. furcifer Matthew 1902
Alroy 2002
? Hayoceros sp. Skinner 1942
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon sp. Baird 1857
Canis dirus Leidy 1858
    = Canis latrans Say 1823
Nowak 1979
is not present
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus imperator (Leidy 1858)
synonym of Mammuthus columbi
described by LaGarry and Myers 1993
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anabernicula robusta n. sp. Short 1970
Short 1970
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:1.80000 - 0.30000 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:Main Rushville Quarry; UNSM Sh-3
Database number:20500
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen
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]
2673 R. M. Nowak. 1979. North American Quaternary Canis. Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 6:1-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
53602 L. L. Short. 1970. Mid-Pleistocene birds from western Nebraska, including a new species of sheldgoose. The Condor 72(2):147-152 [M. Uhen/A. Saeed/M. Uhen]
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]