Pawnee Loup branch of Niobrara River (Pleistocene of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Megalomeryx niobrarensis n. gen. n. sp." = Camelops niobrarensis
"Megalomeryx niobrarensis n. gen. n. sp." = Camelops niobrarensis Leidy 1858 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus excelsus n. sp. Leidy 1858 horse
 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