Runningwater Formation Pleurolicus exiguus: Early/Lower Hemingfordian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Pleurolicus exiguus
Korth 1996
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Sioux |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° North, 103.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 99.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Hemingfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 18.50000 - 16.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Runningwater | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "?Runningwater Formation... earliest Hemingfordian" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 102283 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-01-12 15:29:52 | Last modified: | 2011-01-11 22:29:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-01-12 15:29:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2130. | W. W. Korth. 1996. A New Species of Pleurolocus (Rodentia, Geomyidae) from the Early Miocene (Arikareean) of Nebraska. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(4):781-784 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] |