Aphelops Draw Quarries: Hemphillian, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo conterminus n. sp. Wetmore 1923
Wetmore 1923: Princeton Locality 1000A, head of Aphelops Draw
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Pliomastodon matthewi n. sp. (Osborn 1921)
    = Mammut matthewi Osborn 1921
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Stegomastodon nebrascensis n. sp. Osborn 1924
    = Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837
Alroy 2002
replaces ID of Osborn 1924a
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus matthewi n. sp. (Black 1963)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Eucastor cf. tortus (Leidy 1858)
described by Stirton 1935
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulus monodon Cope 1881
    = Mylagaulidae indet. Cope 1881
Korth 2000
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Leptarctus sp. Leidy 1856
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus coloradensis Cook 1922
recombined as Amphimachairodus coloradensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Aelurodon validus n. sp. (Stirton and Vanderhoof 1933)
    = Epicyon haydeni Leidy 1858
Alroy 2002
also at Aphelops Quarry, see Wang et al. 1999
Epicyon saevus (Leidy 1858)
Wang et al. 1999
Aphelops Quarry; also "Aphelops Draw, upper sand channel"
Borophagus secundus VanderHoof 1931
Wang et al. 1999
Vulpes stenognathus Savage 1941
Tedford et al. 2009
"Aphelops Draw, Snake Creek Formation (early Hemphillian)"
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Ustatochoerus major (Leidy 1858)
    = Merychyus major Leidy 1858
Alroy 2002
recombined as Ustatochoerus major
see also Schultz and Falkenbach 1941
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Texoceros altidens n. sp. (Matthew 1924)
includes additional material from "Quarry No. 1" of Frick 1937
Mammalia - Camelidae
Megatylopus sp. (Matthew and Cook 1909)
    = Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Dinohippus leidyanus (Osborn 1918)
Hipparion cf. lenticulare (Cope 1893)
    = Nannippus sp. Matthew 1926
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras hicksi Cook 1927
Prothero 2005
F:AM 114590
Aphelops mutilus n. sp. Matthew 1924
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx curvidens Matthew 1924
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nebraska County:Sioux
Coordinates: 42.4° North, 103.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.7° North, 102.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Miocene
Key time interval:Hemphillian
Age range of interval:9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Snake Creek Member:Johnson
Local section:Snake Local bed:8
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Aelurodon taxoides" Wang et al. 1999: supposedly reworked specimen

"Leptocyon cf. vafer" of Cook and Macdonald 1962 seems extremely unlikely as there are no other Hemphillian or even Clarendonian records of this genus; however, Skinner et al. state that the type is from the Johnson Mbr., as is the type of "Tomarctus propter"
Metadata
Database number:18033
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2007-08-19 13:39:59
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3175. M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
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]
51726 D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
3244 C. Stock. 1921. Note on an Hipparion Tooth From the Siestan Deposits of the Berkeley Hills, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 13(3):19-21 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
52058 R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd]
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]