Devil's Nest Airstrip: Late/Upper Hemphillian, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Gompotheriidae indet.
? Cseria parkeri (Martin 1975)
    = informal Voorhies cricetid parkeri
Alroy 2002
Reptilia - Teiidae
Cnemidophorus sp. Wagler 1830
Holman 1981
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Parmley and Holman 1995
Reptilia - Colubridae
Thamnophis sp. Fitzinger 1843
Parmley and Holman 1995
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811
Parmley and Holman 1995
Coluber or Masticophis
Elaphe obsoleta (Say 1823)
Parmley and Holman 1995
Elaphe cf. guttata (Linnaeus 1766)
Parmley and Holman 1995
Pituophis melanoleucus (Daudin 1803)
Parmley and Holman 1995
Lampropeltis getulus (Linnaeus 1766)
Parmley and Holman 1995
Lampropeltis triangulum Lacépède 1788
Parmley and Holman 1995
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydoidea blandingii (Holbrook 1838)
Parmley 1992
see also Holman and Parmley 2005
Terrapene sp. Merrem 1820
Parmley 1992
Chrysemys picta (Schneider 1783)
Parmley 1992
Trachemys cf. inflata (Weaver and Robertson 1967)
Holman and Parmley 2005
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835
Parmley 1992
subgenus Caudochelys
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Apalone sp. Rafinesque 1832
Parmley 1992
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Macroclemys temmincki (Troost 1835)
Parmley 1992
recombined as Macrochelys temminckii
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894
    = Teleoceras fossiger Cope 1878
Mead 1999
Aphelops cf. mutilus Matthew 1924
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Neohipparion cf. eurystyle (Cope 1893)
Nannippus lenticularis (Cope 1893)
synonym of Cormohipparion ingenuum
Dinohippus sp. Quinn 1955
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Pediomeryx sp. Stirton 1936
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848
Mammalia - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia cf. vera (Matthew 1909)
recombined as Pleiolama vera
Megacamelus cf. merriami (Frick 1921)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
    = Borophagus sp. Cope 1892
Alroy 2002
"Canis" cf. lepophagus Johnston 1938
    = Canis ferox Miller and Carranza-Castaneda 1998
Tedford et al. 2009
recombined as Eucyon ferox
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Agriotherium sp. Wagner 1837
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Trigonictis sp. Hibbard 1941
cf. Mionictis sp. Matthew 1924
Pliotaxidea garberi Wagner 1976
Plesiogulo cf. lindsayi Harrison 1981
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Brachyopsigale cf. dubius Hibbard 1954
Buisnictis schoffi Hibbard 1954
Martinogale alveodens Hall 1930
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus mcgrewi Voorhies 1977
    = Hesperoscalops mcgrewi Voorhies 1977
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Soricidae
Paracryptotis sp. Hibbard 1950
Mammalia - Plesiosoricidae
Meterix sp. Hall 1929
    = Plesiosorex sp. Pomel 1848
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Repomys gustelyi May 1981
Neotoma cf. sawrockensis Hibbard 1967
Calomys sp. (Waterhouse 1837)
    = Bensonomys sp. Gazin 1942
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Pliogeomys sp. Hibbard 1954
said to be new
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Prodipodomys sp. Hibbard 1939
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
    = Heteromyinae indet. Gray 1868
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor cf. californicus Kellogg 1911
Dipoides sp. Jaeger 1835
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Epigaulus hatcheri Gidley 1907
    = Ceratogaulus hatcheri Gidley 1907
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus cf. shotwelli (Black 1963)
Spermophilus cf. matthewi (Black 1963)
Marmota vetus (Marsh 1871)
original and current combination Arctomys vetus
Paenemarmota sawrockensis (Hibbard 1964)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp. Link 1795
said to be new
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepoides lepoides n. sp. White 1988
see Voorhies 1988
Hypolagus regalis Hibbard 1939
Hypolagus ringoldensis Gustafson 1978
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx cf. curvidens Matthew 1924
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768
Parmley 1992
Bufo holmani n. sp. Parmley 1992
Parmley 1992
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Parmley 1992
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nebraska County:Knox
Coordinates: 42.8° North, 97.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.1° North, 96.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Miocene
*Local age/stage:Late/Upper Hemphillian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Hemphillian
Age range of interval:9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UNSM
Collection method comments: "surface collecting... often after rainstorms exposed new material": Holman and Parmley 2005
Taxonomic list comments:NOT in clear superposition with any other locality
Metadata
Also known as:UNSM Kx-113
Database number:18126
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Head, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Head, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-07-15 19:32:59
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3510. M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Ogallala Group in Nebraska. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains 115-151 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
45618 J. A. Holman. 1981. Fossil Amphibians and reptiles of Nebraska and Kansas. National Geographic Society Research Reports 13:253-262 [J. Head/J. Head]
17212 J. A. Holman and D. Parmley. 2005. Noteworthy turtle remains from the Late Miocene (Late Hemphillian) of northeastern Nebraska. Texas Journal of Science 57(4):307-316 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
25465% 1540A. J. Mead. 1999. Enamel hypoplasia in Miocene rhinoceroses (Teleoceras) from Nebraska; evidence of severe physiological stress. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(2):391-397 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
7579 D. Parmley. 1992. Frogs in Hemphillian deposits of Nebraska, with the description of a new species of Bufo. Journal of Herpetology 26(3):274-281 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
737 D. Parmley. 1992. Turtles from the late Hemphillian (latest Miocene) of Knox County, Nebraska. The Texas Journal of Science 44(3):339-348 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]
7602 D. Parmley and J. A. Holman. 1995. Hemphillian (late Miocene) snakes from Nebraska, with comments on Arikareean through Blancan snakes of midcontinental North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(1):79-95 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
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]