Where: Sheridan County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 99.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Ogallala Group, Barstovian to Barstovian (16.3 - 9.4 Ma)
• Wang et al. (1999) considers the Niobrara River localities to be Barstovian - Clarendonian in age
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18282: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Protohippus simus" = Protohippus supremus2
"Protohippus simus" = Protohippus supremus2 Leidy 1869 horse AMNH 10871, "from the Niobrara River locality"
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Aelurodon ferox Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog "NE1/4 of Se of sect. 20, T29N, R45W"; this is a few miles to the east of Paleo Quarry
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Reptilia | |
Toxochelys latiremis n. gen. n. sp.1
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