Hay Springs Fossil Quarry (UNSM Sd-1) (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as UNSM Sh-1
Where: Sheridan County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 102.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UNSM
Primary reference: R. A. Hintlian. 1975. University of Nebraska MS thesis [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 20375: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "Microtus pennsylvanicus" is an intrusive: Kurten and Anderson 1980
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? Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn may include type of C. furcifer from "Hay Springs": see Frick 1937
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Camelops cf. hesternus Leidy 1873 camel | |
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Equus calobatus Troxell 1915 horse | |
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Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine both C. latrans and C. lupus are present at "Hay Springs": Nowak 1979
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Castoroides sp. Foster 1838 giant beaver | |
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Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher | |
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 imperial mammoth | |
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