Nonpareil Sand Pit: Early/Lower Hemingfordian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Metatomarctus canavus
(Simpson 1932)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Box Butte |
Coordinates: | 42.2° North, 103.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.9° North, 99.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Hemingfordian | ||
Age range of interval: | 20.43000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Runningwater |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:county assignment based on location of town of Nonpareil |
Metadata
Database number: | 17973 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-05-04 04:59:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |