Where: Franklin County, Nebraska (40.1° N, 99.0° W: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 95.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ogallala Group, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• from 6.5 m of section in a single unit
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; unlithified, pebbly, brown, green, argillaceous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• "fossils were wet-screened"
Primary reference: R. M. Joeckel. 1988. A new late Miocene herpetofauna from Franklin County, Nebraska. Copeia 1988(3):787-789 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27481: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.12.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Calippus sp. Matthew and Stirton 1930 horse | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
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Pseudoparablastomeryx sp. Frick 1937 ruminant | |
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Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886 bear-dog | |
Carpocyon sp. Webb 1969 bone-crushing dog | |
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
Domninoides sp. Green 1956 mole | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog | |
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917 rabbit | |
Cupidinimus sp. Wood 1935 rodent | |
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821 beaver | |
Copemys sp. Wood 1936 mouse | |
Reptilia | |
Eumeces sp. Wiegmann 1834 skink | |
Thamnophis sp. Fitzinger 1843 garter snake
Paleoheterodon tiheni Holman 1964 colubrid snake
Salvadora paleolineata Holman 1973 colubrid snake
Nerodia sp. Baird and Girard 1853 water snake | |
Pterygoboa miocenica Holman 1976 sand boa | |
Cnemidophorus sp. Wagler 1830 whiptail lizard | |
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Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle | |
Amphibia | |
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog | |
Ambystoma minshalli Tihen and Chantell 1963 mole salamander | |
Actinopteri | |
Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766 bowfin | |
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar | |
Ictaluridae indet. Gill 1861 catfish | |
Aplodinotus sp. Rafinesque 1818 |