Where: Brown County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 100.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 96.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Devil's Gulch Member (Valentine Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. F. Skinner and F. W. Johnson. 1984. Tertiary stratigraphy and the Frick Collection of fossil vertebrates from north-central Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178(3):1-368 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18123: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Heterochen pratensis n. gen. n. sp.4
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Eubelodon morrilli n. gen. n. sp.2
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"Mastodon ? euhypodon" = Mammut2
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Carpocyon compressus5, Paratomarctus temerarius5, Tephrocyon sp.2, Cynarctus sp.2, Cynarctus cf. saxatilis3, Aelurodon sp.2, "Cyon sp." = Cuon2
Paratomarctus temerarius5 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog F:AM "Devil's Gulch" in the Devil's Gulch Member
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Camelidae indet.2, "Alticamelus sp." = Aepycamelus2, Procamelus sp.2, Pliauchenia sp.2, Oxydactylus sp.2
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"Metoreodon sp." = Merychyus2, "Merychyus medius" = Ustatochoerus medius1, "Merychyus novomexicanus" = Ustatochoerus medius novomexicanus1
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Hypohippus sp.2, Parahippus sp.2, Pliohippus sp.2, Protohippus sp.2, Hipparion sp.2, Hippotherium sp.1, Merychippus sp.2
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