UNSM Sx-17 (Orella D): Orellan, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Florentiamyidae
Ecclesimus tenuiceps (Galbreath 1948)
Korth 1989
Orella D
Mammalia - Rodentia
Diplolophus insolens Troxell 1923
Barbour and Stout 1939
"Orella C3" = D according to Schultz and Stout 1955 (3 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromys pliacus Troxell 1922
    = Ischyromys typus Leidy 1856
Alroy 2002
replaces ID of Howe 1966 from Orella D
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
? Tenudomys basilaris n. sp. Korth 1989
Korth 1989
Orella D (3 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heliscomyidae
Heliscomys hatcheri Wood 1935
Korth 1989
Orella D; type also could be from this locality, as it is from Cottonwood Creek in Sioux Co.
Heliscomys vetus Cope 1873
Korth 1989
Orella D
Heliscomys mcgrewi n. sp. Korth 1989
Korth 1989
recombined as Megaheliscomys mcgrewi
Orella D (3 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Paradjidaumo trilophus (Cope 1873)
Korth 1989
recombined as Adjidaumo trilophus
Orella D
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Prosciurus magnus Korth 1989
Korth 1989
Orella D
Campestrallomys annectens Korth 1989
Korth 1989
recombined as Ninamys annectens
Orella D
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cedromus wardi Wilson 1949
Korth and Emry 1991
Orella D
Protosciurus mengi Black 1963
Korth 1987
Orella D
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus burkei Schlaikjer 1935
Korth and Hageman 1988
Orella D
Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856
Korth and Hageman 1988
Orella D
Megalagus turgidus (Cope 1873)
Korth and Hageman 1988
Orella D
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nebraska County:Sioux
Coordinates: 42.4° North, 103.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.6° North, 95.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Orellan
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 31.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Brule Member:Orella D
Local section:PineR Local bed:5
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Museum repositories:UNSM
Taxonomic list comments:sec 8 T33N R53W: Martin 1992
Metadata
Database number:17250
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1996-08-05 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:42
Access level:the public Released:1996-08-05 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1815. T. H. Heaton. 1993. The Oligocene Rodent Ischyromys of the Great Plains: Replacement Mistaken for Anagenesis. Journal of Paleontology 67(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1012 E. H. Barbour and T. M. Stout. 1939. The White River Oligocene rodent Diplolphus. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 2(3):29-36 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2108 W. W. Korth. 1987. Sciurid rodents (Mammalia) from the Chadronian and Orellan (Oligocene) of Nebraska. Journal of Paleontology 61(6):1247-1255 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
2112 W. W. Korth. 1989. Geomyoid rodents (Mammalia) from the Orellan (middle Oligocene) of Nebraska,. Los Angeles Museum of History, Science Series 33:31-46 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
2114 W. W. Korth. 1989. Aplodontid Rodents (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) Brule Formation, Nebraska. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):400-414 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
2146 W. W. Korth and R. J. Emry. 1991. The Skull of Cedromus and a Review of the Cedromurinae (Rodentia, Sciuridae). Journal of Paleontology 65(6):948-994 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
2150 W. W. Korth and J. Hageman. 1988. Lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) Brule Formation, Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 16:141-152 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]