Where: Sheridan County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 102.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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 234742: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 11.05.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Megalomeryx niobrarensis n. gen. n. sp." = Camelops niobrarensis
"Megalomeryx niobrarensis n. gen. n. sp." = Camelops niobrarensis Leidy 1858 camel | |
Equus excelsus n. sp.
Equus excelsus n. sp. Leidy 1858 horse | |
"Elephas (Euelephas) imperator n. sp." = Mammuthus columbi
"Elephas (Euelephas) imperator n. sp." = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 imperial mammoth | |
"Mastodon (Tetralophodon) mirificus n. sp." = Stegomastodon mirificus
"Mastodon (Tetralophodon) mirificus n. sp." = Stegomastodon mirificus Leidy 1858 gomphothere |