Below Observation Quarry: Hemingfordian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Alphagaulus tedfordi n. sp.
Korth 2000
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Dawes |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 103.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° North, 99.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Hemingfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 18.5 - 16.3 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | ObsQu | Local bed: | 1 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Taxonomic list comments:NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec 4 T31N R47W, i.e., within a few hundred yards of Observation Quarry said to be "below level of Observation Quarry" (in the Box Butte Formation?) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 17876 | ||
| 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:
| 2143. | W. W. Korth. 2000. Review of Miocene (Hemingfordian to Clarendonian) mylagaulid rodents (Mammalia) from Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(4):227-280 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |