Castle Rock (Nebraska): Geringian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Hadroleptauchenia densa
(Loomis 1925)
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= Leptauchenia major
Leidy 1856
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
"Castle Rock, 6 mi. S. and 3 mi. E. of Minatare" in the upper Gering Fm. | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Scotts Bluff |
Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 103.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.7° North, 97.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Geringian | ||
Age range of interval: | 29.50000 - 24.70000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Gering |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Metadata
Database number: | 17482 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:42 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3069. | C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1968. The Phylogeny of the Oreodonts. Part 1: Merycoidodontinae, Eporeodontinae, and Leptaucheniinae, Three Subfamilies Of Oreodonts, With an Appendix to the Revision Of The Merycoidodontidae, and Part 2. Summary and Conclusions Concerning the Merycoidodontidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 139:1-498 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |