PBDB Collection

Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857) (Miocene to of the United States)

Where: Sheridan County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 99.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Loup Fork Formation, Barstovian to Barstovian (16.3 - 9.4 Ma)

• Wang et al. (1999) considers the Niobrara River localities to be Barstovian - Clarendonian in age

•entered as "Loop Fork"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F. V. Hayden group in 1857; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190543: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 11.12.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	"Testudo (Stylemys) niobrarensis n. sp." = Testudo niobrarensis "Testudo (Stylemys) niobrarensis n. sp." = Testudo niobrarensis Leidy 1858 turtle
Mammalia
Rodentia - Castoridae	"Castor (Eucastor) tortus n. sp." = Eucastor tortus, "Hystrix (Hystricops) venustus n. sp." = Hystricops venustus "Castor (Eucastor) tortus n. sp." = Eucastor tortus Leidy 1858 beaver "Hystrix (Hystricops) venustus n. sp." = Hystricops venustus Leidy 1858 beaver
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Merycodus necatus n. sp., "Cervus warreni n. sp." = Merycodus warreni Merycodus necatus n. sp. Leidy 1854 pronghorn "Cervus warreni n. sp." = Merycodus warreni Leidy 1858 pronghorn
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Procamelus occidentalis n. gen. n. sp., Megalomeryx niobrarensis n. gen. n. sp. Procamelus occidentalis n. gen. n. sp. Leidy 1858 camel Megalomeryx niobrarensis n. gen. n. sp. Leidy 1858 camel
Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae	"Merychyus medius n. sp." = Ustatochoerus medius, "Merychyus major n. sp." = Ustatochoerus major, Merychyus elegans n. gen. n. sp., Merycochoerus proprius n. gen. n. sp. "Merychyus medius n. sp." = Ustatochoerus medius Leidy 1858 oreodont "Merychyus major n. sp." = Ustatochoerus major Leidy 1858 oreodont Merychyus elegans n. gen. n. sp. Leidy 1858 oreodont Merycochoerus proprius n. gen. n. sp. Leidy 1858 oreodont
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinoceros crassus n. sp. Rhinoceros crassus n. sp. Leidy 1858 rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus excelsus n. sp., "Equus (Protohippus) perditus n. sp." = Protohippus perditus, "Merychippus mirabilis" = Pliohippus mirabilis, "Hippotherium occidentale" = Cormohipparion occidentale, "Hippotherium speciosum" = Neohipparion affine, Merychippus insignis, "Anchitherium (Parahippus) cognatus n. sp." = Parahippus cognatus, "Anchitherium (Hypohippus) affinis n. sp." = Hypohippus affinis Equus excelsus n. sp. Leidy 1858 horse "Equus (Protohippus) perditus n. sp." = Protohippus perditus Leidy 1858 horse "Merychippus mirabilis" = Pliohippus mirabilis Leidy 1858 horse "Hippotherium occidentale" = Cormohipparion occidentale Leidy 1856 hipparionine horse "Hippotherium speciosum" = Neohipparion affine Leidy 1869 hipparionine horse Merychippus insignis Leidy 1856 horse "Anchitherium (Parahippus) cognatus n. sp." = Parahippus cognatus Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse "Anchitherium (Hypohippus) affinis n. sp." = Hypohippus affinis Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse
Carnivora - Canidae	"Canis vafer n. sp." = Leptocyon vafer, Aelurodon ferox n. gen. n. sp., "Canis temerarius n. sp." = Paratomarctus temerarius, "Canis (Epicyon) haydeni n. sp." = Epicyon haydeni, "Canis saevus n. sp." = Epicyon saevus "Canis vafer n. sp." = Leptocyon vafer Leidy 1858 canine Aelurodon ferox n. gen. n. sp. Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog "Canis temerarius n. sp." = Paratomarctus temerarius Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog "Canis (Epicyon) haydeni n. sp." = Epicyon haydeni Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog "Canis saevus n. sp." = Epicyon saevus Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Carnivora - Felidae	"Felis (Pseudaelurus) intrepidus n. sp." = Pseudaelurus intrepidus "Felis (Pseudaelurus) intrepidus n. sp." = Pseudaelurus intrepidus Leidy 1858 cat
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas (Euelephas) imperator n. sp." = Mammuthus columbi "Elephas (Euelephas) imperator n. sp." = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 imperial mammoth
Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae	"Mastodon (Tetralophodon) mirificus n. sp." = Stegomastodon mirificus "Mastodon (Tetralophodon) mirificus n. sp." = Stegomastodon mirificus Leidy 1858 gomphothere