Rushville Quarry (UNSM Sd-3): Irvingtonian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus cf. richardsonii
(Sabine 1822)
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recombined as Urocitellus richardsonii | ||||||||||
Cynomys niobrarius
Hay 1921
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OK according to Goodwin 1995b | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys bursarius
(Shaw 1800)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Castoroides sp.
Foster 1838
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Ondatra nebrascensis
(Hollister 1911)
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= Ondatra zibethicus
Linnaeus 1766
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
no other species of Ondatra is present: see Voorhies and Corner 1988 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus excelsus
Leidy 1858
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= Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Equus calobatus
(Troxell 1915)
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synonym of Equus francisci | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus sp.
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops cf. hesternus
(Leidy 1873)
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Tanupolama sp.
Stock 1928
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synonym of Hemiauchenia | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Capromeryx cf. minimus
Meade 1942
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= Capromeryx cf. furcifer
Matthew 1902
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
? Hayoceros sp.
Skinner 1942
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Urocyon sp.
Baird 1857
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Canis dirus
Leidy 1858
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= Canis latrans
Say 1823
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Nowak 1979 | |||||||||
is not present | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus imperator
(Leidy 1858)
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synonym of Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
described by LaGarry and Myers 1993 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anabernicula robusta n. sp.
Short 1970
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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] |