Marsland Quarry: Early/Lower Hemingfordian, Nebraska
collected by D. Yatkola 1971
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Hylidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Scaphiopus sp.
Holbrook 1836
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subgenus Scaphiopus | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Ambystoma aff. minshalli
Tihen and Chantell 1963
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Schizodontomys amnicolus
Korth et al. 1990
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Bailey 2004 | |||||||||
Proheteromys sp.
Wood 1932
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Bailey 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Plesiosminthus clivosus
Galbreath 1953
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Bailey 2004 | |||||||||
recombined as Schaubeumys clivosus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Oreolagus nebrascensis
McGrew 1941
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Bailey 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Parvericius montanus
Koerner 1940
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Rich 1981 | |||||||||
Brachyerix macrotis
Matthew 1933
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Bailey 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Limnoecus compressus
(Wilson 1960)
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Bailey 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Plesiosoricidae
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Plesiosorex coloradensis
Wilson 1960
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Bailey 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proscalopidae
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Mesoscalops scopelotemos
Reed 1960
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Bailey 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Miotapirus marslandensis n. sp.
Schoch 1984
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Schoch 1984 | |||||||||
recombined as Nexuotapirus marslandensis | ||||||||||
Collected by John Graham Cooke in August 1917, approximately 18 miles (30 km) east of Agate, northwestern Nebraska (that is, near Marsland, Nebraska: see Schultz and Stout 1961, p. 49). S&S'61 p. 49 lists Marsland Quarry only | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon sp.
Lartet 1836
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Hunt 1998 | |||||||||
= Amphicyon galushai
Hunt 2003
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Hunt 2003 | |||||||||
Daphoenodon sp.
Peterson 1909
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Hunt 1998 | |||||||||
= Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum
Peterson 1910
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Hunt 2009 | |||||||||
this is the paratype locality | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Cynarctoides acridens
(Barbour and Cook 1914)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Metatomarctus canavus
(Simpson 1932)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Boidae indet.
Gray 1825
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= Charina prebottae
Brattstrom 1958
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Holman 1977 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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= Dakotaophis greeni
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Holman 1977 | |||||||||
Salvadora paleolineata
Holman 1973
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Holman 1977 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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forms "A," "B," and "C" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Rhineuridae
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Rhineura marslandensis n. sp.
Yatkola 1976
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Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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? Holbrookia antiqua n. sp.
Yatkola 1976
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Sceloporus sp.
Wiegmann 1828
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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? Gerrhonotus sp.
Wiegmann 1828
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cf. Paragerrhonotus ricardensis
Estes 1963
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Box Butte |
Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 103.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.1° North, 99.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Miocene | *Local age/stage: | Hemingfordian |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Hemingfordian | ||
Age range of interval: | 20.43000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Runningwater | ||
Local section: | PineR | Local bed: | 16 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Lithology description: none given by Yatkola | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Geology comments: "braided stream sediments" (Yatkola 1976) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera | ||
Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,sieve,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | D. Yatkola | Collection dates: | 1971 |
Collection method comments: Yatkola collection is from "screened matrix" | |||
Taxonomic list comments:said to be in the "Marsland" Formation by some authors |
Metadata
Also known as: | UNSM Bx-22; UW V-34001 | ||
Database number: | 17963 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
Created: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-05-04 04:59:34 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
7577. | D. A. Yatkola. 1976. Mid-Miocene lizards from western Nebraska. Copeia 1976(4):645-654 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
19303 | B. E. Bailey. 2004. Biostratigraphy and biochronology of early Arikareean through late Hemingfordian small mammal faunas from the Nebraska Panhandle and adjacent areas. Paludicola 4(3):81-113 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
7578 | 5% 32060 | J. A. Holman. 1977. Additional snakes from the Miocene of western Nebraska. Herpetologica 33(4):443-446 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
1977 | R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Amphicyonidae. 196-227 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
54871 | R. M. Hunt, Jr. 2009. Long-Legged Pursuit Carnivorans (Amphicyonidae, Daphoeninae) From the Early Miocene of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 318:1-95 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
2897 | T. H. V. Rich. 1981. Origin and History of the Erinaceinae and Brachyericinae (Mammalia, Insectivora) in North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 171(1):1-116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
3051 | R. M. Schoch. 1984. The Type Specimens of Tapiravus validus and ? Tapiravus rams (Mammalia, Perissodactyla), with a Review of the Genus, and a New Report of Miotapirus {Miotapirus marslandensis Schoch and Prins, new species) from Nebraska. Postilla 195:1-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
3558 | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |