PBDB Collection

Fort Niobrara: Barstovian, Nebraska

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	? Diprionomys sp. Kellogg 1910	Klingener 1968
	= Peridiomys sp. Matthew 1924	Voorhies 1990
	= Mioheteromyinae indet.	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Proboscidea

	Proboscidea indet. Illiger 1811
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

	Teleoceras major Hatcher 1894	Prothero 2005
	"Niobrara River"
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	Merychippus sp. Leidy 1856
	= Equinae indet. Steinmann and Döderlein 1890	Alroy 2002

	Neohipparion niobrarense n. sp. Gidley 1906	Gidley 1906
	synonym of Pseudhipparion gratum
	AMNH 10828 "from the vicinity of Fort Niobrara, Nebraska"

	Hypohippus sp. (Leidy 1858)
	original and current combination Anchitherium (Hypohippus)
Mammalia - Camelidae

	Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Antilocapridae

	Merycodus sp. Leidy 1854
	= Merycodontinae indet. Matthew 1904	Alroy 2002
	includes immature dentition listed under Cosoryx by Frick 1937
Mammalia - Moschidae

	Blastomeryx sp. Cope 1877
	= Blastomerycinae indet. Frick 1937	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Tayassuidae

	Prosthennops sp. Matthew and Gidley 1904
	= Prosthennops xiphodonticus Barbour 1925	Wright 1983
	recombined as Stirtonhyus xiphodonticus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

	Bassariscus antiquus Matthew and Cook 1909
	= Probassariscus antiquus Matthew and Cook 1909	Alroy 2002
	original and current combination Bassariscus antiquus
	reported as "Bassariscus parvus" by Gregory and Downs 1951 and as "Potamotherium lycopotamicum" from Quarry D by Thorpe 1922e
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

	Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

	Pseudaelurus sp. Leidy 1858
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

	Tephrocyon hippophagus Matthew and Cook 1909
	= Tomarctus hippophaga Matthew and Cook 1909	Thorpe 1922
	"? Tomarctus sp."; from Quarry D

	Vulpes vafer (Leidy 1858)
	= Leptocyon vafer Leidy 1858	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Erinaceidae

	Metechinus sp. Matthew 1929
	= Metechinus amplior Rich 1981	Rich 1981
Mammalia - Talpidae

	Talpidae indet. (Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
	= Domninoides valentinensis n. sp. Reed 1962	Reed 1962
	"D. sp." of Tedford 1961
Mammalia - Soricidae

	Limnoecus niobrarensis n. sp. Macdonald 1947	Macdonald 1947
	(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha

	Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

	Diprionomys agrarius Wood 1935	Klingener 1968
	= Mioheteromys agrarius Wood 1935	Korth 1997
	original and current combination Diprionomys agrarius

	Cupidinimus nebraskensis Wood 1935	Klingener 1968
	see also Barnosky 1986a

	Perognathoides sp. Wood 1935	Klingener 1968
	synonym of Cupidinimus
	"probably" the Norden Bridge species

	Mookomys altifluminus
	= Mookomys altifluminis Wood 1931	Alroy 2002
	(sic)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

	Monosaulax sp. Stirton 1935
	said to include both "Monosaulax pansus" and "M. curtis" (sic) by Stirton 1935
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

	? Plesiosminthus sp. Viret 1926	Klingener 1968
	= Plesiosminthus cartomylos	Green 1977
	this is the new species of Norden Bridge and Egelhoff, not yet named in 1977
	= Schaubeumys cartomylos Korth 1987	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

	Copemys kelloggae (Hoffmeister 1959)	Klingener 1968
	= Copemys niobrariensis Hoffmeister 1959	Voorhies 1990
	synonym of Copemys longidens

	Miochomys niobrariensis n. gen., n. sp. Hoffmeister 1959	Klingener 1968
	type of Hoffmeister 1959
	= Copemys niobrariensis Hoffmeister 1959	Voorhies 1990
	synonym of Copemys longidens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae

	Mylagaulus sp. Cope 1878
	= Mylagaulidae indet. Cope 1881	Alroy 2002
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

	Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809	Estes and Tihen 1964
	= Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825	Alroy 2006
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

	Geochelone orthopygia (Cope 1878)	Estes and Tihen 1964
	recombined as Hesperotestudo orthopygia
Reptilia - Iguanidae

	Iguanidae indet. Oppel 1811	Estes and Tihen 1964
	"form A"

	Phrynosoma sp. Wiegmann 1828	Estes and Tihen 1964
Reptilia - Anguidae

	Gerrhonotus sp. Wiegmann 1828	Estes and Tihen 1964
Reptilia - Boidae

	Boidae indet. Gray 1825	Estes and Tihen 1964
Reptilia - Teiidae

	cf. Cnemidophorus sp. Wagler 1830	Estes and Tihen 1964
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae

	Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758	Estes and Tihen 1964
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

	Bufo cf. hibbardi Taylor 1936	Estes and Tihen 1964
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae

	Ictalurus sp. Rafinesque 1820	Estes and Tihen 1964
	two forms
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

	Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766	Estes and Tihen 1964
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Nebraska	County:	Cherry
Coordinates:	42.8° North, 100.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	43.4° North, 97.5° West
Basis of coordinate:	based on political unit

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
*Period:	Tertiary
Key time interval:	Barstovian
Age range of interval:	16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Valentine	Member:	Crookston Bridge
Local section:	ValAH	Local bed:	2
Local order:	bottom to top

Lithology and environment

Environment:

terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:

body

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:see also Skinner and Johnson 1984

Metadata

Also known as:	Lull's Quarry D; Niobrara River; UCMP V-3218
Database number:	18165
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:	2005-09-02 19:04:43
Access level:	the public	Released:	1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

3239.

R. A. Stirton and P. O. McGrew. 1935. A Preliminary Notice on the Miocene and Pliocene Mammalian Faunas Near Valentine, Nebraska. American Journal of Science 29(170):125-132 [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]
18120		J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1018		A. D. Barnosky. 1986. New Species of the Miocene Rodent Cupidinimus (Heteromyidae) and Some Evolutionary Relationships within the Genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(1):46-64 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
7565		R. Estes and J. A. Tihen. 1964. Lower vertebrates from the Valentine Formation of Nebraska. American Midland Naturalist 72(2):453-472 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
58688		J. W. Gidley. 1906. New or little known mammals from the Miocene of South Dakota. American Museum expedition of 1903. Part IV. Equidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22(8):135-153 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
1714		M. Green. 1977. Neogene Zapodidae (Mammalia: Rodentia) from South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 51(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner]
7564		D. Klingener. 1968. Rodents of the Mio-Pliocene Norden Bridge local fauna, Nebraska. American Midland Naturalist 80(1):65-74 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2337		J. R. Macdonald. 1947. A new shrew from the Niobrara River Upper Miocene of Nebraska. American Journal of Science 245(2):123-126 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
51726		D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
2850		K. M. Reed. 1962. Two new species of fossil Talpid Insectivores. Breviora 168 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
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]
3418		M. R. Thorpe. 1922. Some Tertiary Carnivora in the Marsh collection, with descriptions of new forms. American Journal of Science 3(18):423-455 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
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]
3773		D. B. Wright. 1983. Later Miocene Tayassuidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) of North America. University of Nebraska, M. S. thesis 1-350 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Sepkoski]