Two Miles West of Pole Creek Quarry: Early/Lower Hemingfordian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Metatomarctus canavus
(Simpson 1932)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
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Desmocyon matthewi
Wang et al. 1999
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merychyus elegans
Leidy 1858
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| see also Schultz and Falkenbach 1947; also present at "E. of Pole Creek" and "E. of Gordon" in Cherry Co. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Aletomeryx gracilis
Lull 1920
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Menoceras barbouri
(Wood 1964)
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| "Parahippus" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Cherry |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 100.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° North, 96.9° 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: | Early/Lower Hemingfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 18.50000 - 16.30000 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 size: | 68 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:list appears to be complete "more than 68" F:AM specimens | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18005 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-05-04 05:01:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6193. | M. F. Skinner and F. W. Johnson. 1984. Tertiary stratigraphy and the Frick Collection of fossil vertebrates from north-central Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178(3):1-368 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/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] |