UNSM Sx-6 (Orella C): Orellan, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Prosciurus relictus (Cope 1873)
recombined as Altasciurus relictus
Orella C
Mammalia - Rodentia
Epeiromys spanius n. sp. Korth 1989
Orella C
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heliscomyidae
Heliscomys hatcheri Wood 1935
Korth 1989
Orella C
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Paradjidaumo validus Korth 1980
Korth 1989
Orella C
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Megalagus turgidus (Cope 1873)
Korth and Hageman 1988
Orella C
Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856
Korth and Hageman 1988
Orella C
Palaeolagus burkei Schlaikjer 1935
Korth and Hageman 1988
Orella C
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius (Cope 1873)
Wang 1994
Orella C
Mammalia - Leptochoeridae
Stibarus obtusilobus Cope 1873
Edwards 1976
Orella C
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Blacktops longinares n. gen., n. sp. Meehan and Martin 2010
Meehan and Martin 2010
(4 measurements)
Blacktops latidens n. sp. Meehan and Martin 2010
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
Stratigraphy
Formation:Brule
Local section:PineR Local bed:4
Local order:bottom to top
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]