PBDB Collection

Honey Creek (Neogene of the United States)

Also known as UNSM Ht-103

Where: Holt County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 98.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 44.5° N, 95.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Ogallala Group in Nebraska. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains 115-151 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18201: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Ochotona cf. spanglei Ochotona cf. spanglei Shotwell 1956 pika
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Hypolagus vetus Hypolagus vetus Kellogg 1910 rabbit
Rodentia - Cricetidae	? Prosomys sp., Onychomys cf. larabeei ? Prosomys sp. Shotwell 1956 rodent said to be new Onychomys cf. larabeei grasshopper mouse
Rodentia - Castoridae	Dipoides sp. Dipoides sp. Jaeger 1835 beaver
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Pliogeomys sp. Pliogeomys sp. Hibbard 1954 pocket gopher
Rodentia - Heteromyidae	Prodipodomys sp. Prodipodomys sp. Hibbard 1939 rodent
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Spermophilus sp. Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
Rodentia - Mylagaulidae	Ceratogaulus hatcheri Ceratogaulus hatcheri Gidley 1907 rodent
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Pliozapus cf. solus Pliozapus cf. solus Wilson 1936 jumping mouse
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Neohipparion cf. eurystyle, Nannippus sp., Dinohippus cf. leidyanus Neohipparion cf. eurystyle Cope 1893 hipparionine horse take this with a grain of salt Nannippus sp. Matthew 1926 hipparionine horse Dinohippus cf. leidyanus Osborn 1918 horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinocerotidae indet. Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Tayassuidae indet. Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	"Hemiauchenia cf. vera" = Pleiolama vera, Megatylopus cf. gigas "Hemiauchenia cf. vera" = Pleiolama vera Matthew 1909 camel Megatylopus cf. gigas Matthew and Cook 1909 camel
Carnivora - Mephitidae	Mephitinae indet. Mephitinae indet. Bonaparte 1845 skunk
Carnivora - Canidae	"Canis" sp. "Canis" sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	"Hesperoscalops sp." = Scalopus "Hesperoscalops sp." = Scalopus Geoffroy 1803 mole
Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae	Gomphotheriidae indet. Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae	Megalonyx cf. curvidens Megalonyx cf. curvidens Matthew 1924 edentate