PBDB Collection

Rushville Quarry (UNSM Sd-4) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Sheridan County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 102.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: R. A. Hintlian. 1975. University of Nebraska MS thesis [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20501: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Carnivora - Canidae	"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus², Canis latrans² "Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus² Leidy 1858 dire wolf "Rushville Quarry 4, UNSM locality Sh-4," Canis latrans² Say 1823 coyote "UNSM locality Sh-4, Quarry 4B"
Carnivora - Mustelidae	"Mustela vison" = Neogale vison "Mustela vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Hemiauchenia sp.¹, Camelops cf. hesternus Hemiauchenia sp.¹ Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel Camelops cf. hesternus Leidy 1873 camel
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp.¹, Equus calobatus Equus sp.¹ Linnaeus 1758 horse Equus calobatus Troxell 1915 horse
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Onychomys cf. leucogaster, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Ondatra zibethicus¹ Onychomys cf. leucogaster Wied-Neuwied 1841 northern grasshopper mouse Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole Ondatra zibethicus¹ Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Cynomys niobrarius Cynomys niobrarius Hay 1921 prairie dog OK according to Goodwin 1995b
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Thomomys sp., Geomys bursarius Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor sp., Castoroides sp. Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver Castoroides sp. Foster 1838 giant beaver