UNSM Sx-6 (Orella C): Orellan, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Prosciurus relictus
(Cope 1873)
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recombined as Altasciurus relictus | ||||||||||
Orella C | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Epeiromys spanius n. sp.
Korth 1989
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Orella C | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heliscomyidae
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Heliscomys hatcheri
Wood 1935
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Korth 1989 | |||||||||
Orella C | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Paradjidaumo validus
Korth 1980
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Korth 1989 | |||||||||
Orella C | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Megalagus turgidus
(Cope 1873)
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Korth and Hageman 1988 | |||||||||
Orella C | ||||||||||
Palaeolagus haydeni
Leidy 1856
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Korth and Hageman 1988 | |||||||||
Orella C | ||||||||||
Palaeolagus burkei
Schlaikjer 1935
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Korth and Hageman 1988 | |||||||||
Orella C | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Hesperocyon gregarius
(Cope 1873)
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Wang 1994 | |||||||||
Orella C | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptochoeridae
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Stibarus obtusilobus
Cope 1873
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Edwards 1976 | |||||||||
Orella C | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Blacktops longinares n. gen., n. sp.
Meehan and Martin 2010
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Meehan and Martin 2010 | |||||||||
(4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Blacktops latidens n. sp.
Meehan and Martin 2010
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Meehan and Martin 2010 | |||||||||
(7 measurements) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Sioux |
Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 103.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 95.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Orellan | ||
Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 31.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Museum repositories: | UNSM |
Taxonomic list comments:sec 31 T33N R55W, secs 1 and 2 T32N R56W |
Metadata
Database number: | 17221 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1996-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:42 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1996-08-05 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2114. | W. W. Korth. 1989. Aplodontid Rodents (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) Brule Formation, Nebraska. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):400-414 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
1426 | P. Edwards. 1976. The subfamily Leptochoerinae (Artiodactyla, Dichobunidae) of North America (Oligocene). Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 14(2):99-113 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
2112 | W. W. Korth. 1989. Geomyoid rodents (Mammalia) from the Orellan (middle Oligocene) of Nebraska,. Los Angeles Museum of History, Science Series 33:31-46 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
2150 | W. W. Korth and J. Hageman. 1988. Lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) Brule Formation, Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 16:141-152 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
35860 | T. J. Meehan and L. D. Martin. 2010. New leptictids (Mammalia: Insectivora) from the Early Oligocene of Nebraska, USA. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 256(1):99-107 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
6226 | X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |