Hottell Ranch Horse Quarry: Barstovian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
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Ictalurus indet.
Rafinesque 1820
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Voorhies et al. 1987 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Thamnophis indet.
Fitzinger 1843
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Voorhies et al. 1987 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Elaphe nebraskensis
Holman 1964
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Voorhies et al. 1987 | 43 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emydinae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Voorhies et al. 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone indet.
Fitzinger 1835
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Voorhies et al. 1987 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotherium cf. osborni
(Barbour 1916)
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= Gomphotherium cf. willistoni
Barbour 1914
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| synonym of Trilophodon osborni | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras cf. medicornutum
Osborn 1904
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= Teleoceras minor
Olcott 1909
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Mead 1999 | |||||||||
| synonym of Teleoceras meridianum | ||||||||||
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Peraceras cf. crassus
(Leidy 1858)
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= Peraceras cf. superciliosum
Cope 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Peraceras superciliosus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus cf. insignis
Leidy 1856
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Neohipparion republicanus
(Osborn 1918)
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= Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Pliohippus mirabilis
(Leidy 1858)
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Calippus placidus
(Leidy 1869)
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Protohippus perditus
(Leidy 1858)
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Parahippus cognatus
(Leidy 1858)
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Cranioceras skinneri
Frick 1937
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= Procranioceras skinneri
Frick 1937
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Ramoceros cf. osborni
(Matthew 1904)
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Merycodus warreni
(Leidy 1858)
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Dyseohyus xiphodonticus
(Barbour 1925)
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= Prosthennops xiphodonticus
Barbour 1925
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Stirtonhyus xiphodonticus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus sp.
Schultz and Falkenbach 1941
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= Merychyus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Aelurodon ferox
Leidy 1858
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Carpocyon sp.
Webb 1969
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| not discussed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Domninoides valentinensis
Reed 1962
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Copemys niobrariensis
(Hoffmeister 1959)
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| synonym of Copemys longidens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Megasminthus tiheni
Klingener 1966
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Perognathus trojectioansrum
Korth 1979
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Cupidinimus nebraskensis
Wood 1935
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Eucastor tortus
(Leidy 1858)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus cf. monodon
Cope 1881
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= Mylagaulidae indet.
Cope 1881
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Korth 2000 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus sp.
Dice 1917
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= Archaeolaginae indet.
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana pipiens
Schreber 1782
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Voorhies et al. 1987 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Banner |
| Coordinates: | 41.5° North, 103.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.1° North, 100.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | UNSM |
| Taxonomic list comments:replaces original list of Voorhies et al. 1987 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UNSM Bn-11 | ||
| Database number: | 18206 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Head | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Head |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-12-20 12:59:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 4320 | A. J. Mead. 1999. Teleoceras minor (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the Miocene of Nebraska. Proceedings of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 109:76 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 781 | M. R. Voorhies, J. A. Holman, and X.-X. Xu. 1987. The Hottell Ranch rhino quarries (basal Ogallala: medial Barstovian), Banner County, Nebraska. Part I: Geologic setting, faunal lists, lower vertebrates. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 25(1):55-69 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner] |