Wagner Quarry ( of the United States)

Where: Dawes County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 97.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arikaree Group, early Early Arikareean to early Early Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

• Faunal correlation places the Wa.gner Quarry in the early early Arikareean NALMA, slightly older than the radioisotopicaJlly calibrated Gering Formation faunas and slightly younger than the "Brown Siltstone" lf's. This constrains the magnetostratigraphy to Chron 10n (28.25-28.87 Ma, Berggren et al. 1995). The section records the short reversal of C10n.1r.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, massive, fine sandstone

Collected by R. Tedford, T. Galusha, M. Skinner in 1975, 1981; reposited in the AMNH, UNSM

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: F. G. Hayes. 2007. Magnetostratigraphy and paleontology of Wagner Quarry, (late Oligocene, early Arikareean) basal Arikaree Group of the Pine Ridge region, Dawes County, Nebraska. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 47(1):1-48 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156729: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 30.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Herpetotherium fugax Cope 1873 marsupial
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceratherium armatum Marsh 1875 rhinoceros
Diceratherium annectens Marsh 1873 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Miohippus sp. Marsh 1874 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Entelodontidae indet. Lydekker 1883 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Bothriodontinae indet. Scott 1940 anthracothere
 Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Nanotragulus loomisi Lull 1922 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodontidae indet. Cook 1912 oreodont
as "Desmatochoerinae indet."
Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Pseudolabis dakotensis Matthew 1904 camel
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Nimravus brachyops Cope 1878 false sabre-tooth
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Paradaphoenus tooheyi n. sp. Hunt 2001 bear-dog
 Theriamorpha - Proscalopidae
Proscalops sp. Matthew 1901 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Ocajila makpiyahe Macdonald 1963 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Allomyidae
Downsimus chadwicki Macdonald 1970 rodent
Alwoodia cf. magna Rensberger 1983 rodent
 Rodentia - Florentiamyidae
"Proheteromys cf. nebraskensis" = Kirkomys nebraskensis
"Proheteromys cf. nebraskensis" = Kirkomys nebraskensis Wood 1937 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Leidymys blacki Macdonald 1963 mouse
Geringia mcgregori Macdonald 1970 mouse
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Palaeocastor sp. Leidy 1869 beaver
Agnotocastor sp. Stirton 1935 beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cedromus savannae n. sp. Hayes 2007 squirrel
Nototamias sp. Pratt and Morgan 1989 squirrel
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus philoi Dawson 1958 rabbit
Palaeolagus hypsodus Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit
Megalagus cf. primitivus Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit