Gordon Creek Quarry (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as UCMP V-3313; UNSM Cr-14
Where: Cherry County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 100.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 98.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Burge Member (Valentine Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: 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]more details
PaleoDB collection 18176: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• originally described by Stirton and McGrew 1935 and McGrew 1938a
184 F:AM specimens: Skinner and Johnson 1984; figure not useable because Webb's material is from the UCMP
184 F:AM specimens: Skinner and Johnson 1984; figure not useable because Webb's material is from the UCMP
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Mammalia | |
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821 beaver | |
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Procamelus grandis Gregory 1939 camel
Protolabis heterodontus Cope 1874 camel | |
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Hypohippus affinis, Megahippus matthewi, Equini indet.1, Pliohippus pernix3, Pseudhipparion retrusum, "Merychippus" cf. coloradense
Hypohippus affinis Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse
Megahippus matthewi Barbour 1914 anchitheriine horse
Pseudhipparion retrusum Cope 1889 hipparionine horse
"Merychippus" cf. coloradense Osborn 1918 horse | |
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