Schlagel Creek: Clarendonian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras major
Hatcher 1894
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Mead 1999 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Ungulata
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus profectus
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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= Merychyus novomexicanus
Frick 1929
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Merychyus medius novomexicanus | ||||||||||
| this appears to be the specimen of "Metoreodon cf. profectus" from "Schliegels Creek, Cherry County" of Thorpe 1937, and probably also is the NSM specimens from "Oreodont Quarry, S. W. of Valentine" described by Schultz and Falkenbach 1941 DUPLICATE REF 3564 or 3565 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Cherry |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 100.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 98.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.60000 - 10.30000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V-3324; Schliegels Creek DUPLICATE REF 3564 or 3565 | ||
| Database number: | 18362 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-02-05 15:04:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3564. | S. D. Webb. 1969. The Burge and Minnechaduza Clarendonian Mammalian Faunas of North-Central Nebraska. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 78:1-191 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 2546 | 5% 1540 | A. J. Mead. 1999. Enamel hypoplasia in Miocene rhinoceroses (Teleoceras) from Nebraska; evidence of severe physiological stress. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(2):391-397 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |