Tetrabelodon osborni Quarry (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Boyd County, Nebraska (42.9° N, 98.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 95.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: lower Member (Valentine Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. H. Barbour. 1917. The Boyd County Mastodon, Tetrabelodon osborni. Nebraska Geological Survey 4(30):1-14 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18416: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• not the same as Tetrabelodon Skull Quarry
said by Barbour to be in the Devil's Gulch, but this could be Crookston Bridge: Skinner and Johnson 1984 p. 279
said by Barbour to be in the Devil's Gulch, but this could be Crookston Bridge: Skinner and Johnson 1984 p. 279
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| Mammalia | |
"Tetrabelodon osborni n. sp." = Trilophodon osborni
"Tetrabelodon osborni n. sp." = Trilophodon osborni Barbour 1916 gomphothere | |
"Dipoides tortus" = Eucastor tortus
"Dipoides tortus" = Eucastor tortus Leidy 1858 beaver | |
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Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
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Equini indet. Quinn 1955 horse
Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse | |