PBDB Collection

June Quarry: Clarendonian, Nebraska

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	informal Hunt ursid barbouri	Hunt 1998
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

	Nothodipoides stirtoni n. sp. Korth 2002	Korth 2007

	Prodipoides burgensis (Korth 2002)	Korth 2007
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae

	Ceratogaulus cf. rhinocerus Matthew 1902
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

	Teleoceras major Hatcher 1894	Mead 1999

	Teleoceras medicornutum Osborn 1904	Prothero 2005

	Peraceras superciliosum (Cope 1880)	Prothero 2005
	original and current combination Peraceras superciliosus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	Protohippus supremus Leidy 1869	Alroy 2002
	JA pers. obs.: USNM specimen, matches figures, measurements, and diagnosis in Hulbert 1988a

	Pliohippus pernix Marsh 1874	Mihlbachler et al. 2011
	Supplemental Table S1

	Calippus regulus Johnston 1937	Hulbert 1989
	pers. commun.; also UNSM specimen, i.d. checked by JA

	Merychippus coloradense (Osborn 1918)	Mihlbachler et al. 2011
	Supplemental Table S1

	Hippotherium sp. Kaup 1832	Alroy 2002
	JA pers. obs.: dP1 - dP4 series at USNM; uncatalogued skull at AMNH

	Pseudhipparion retrusum (Cope 1889)	Webb and Hulbert 1986
	also USNM specimens

	Cormohipparion merriami n. sp. Woodburne 2007	Woodburne 2007
Mammalia - Antilocapridae

	Cosoryx furcatus Leidy 1869	Skinner and Taylor 1967
Mammalia - Moschidae

	Longirostromeryx wellsi (Matthew 1904)	Prothero 2008
Mammalia - Camelidae

	Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880	Breyer 1983
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae

	Ustatochoerus sp. Schultz and Falkenbach 1941	Alroy 2002
	= Merychyus sp. Leidy 1858	Alroy 2002
	JA pers. obs.: USNM specimen, P series, diagnosis not checked
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

	Pseudocyon sp. Lartet 1851	Hunt 1998
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

	Leptocyon vafer (Leidy 1858)	Tedford et al. 2009

	Paratomarctus euthos (McGrew 1935)	Wang et al. 1999
	F:AM

	Carpocyon webbi Wang et al. 1999	Wang et al. 1999

	Cynarctus voorhiesi Wang et al. 1999	Wang et al. 1999

	Aelurodon ferox Leidy 1858	Wang et al. 1999
	F:AM

	Aelurodon stirtoni (Wang et al. 1999)	Wang et al. 1999
	UNSM
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Nebraska	County:	Brown
Coordinates:	42.7° North, 100.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	43.1° North, 97.4° West
Basis of coordinate:	based on political unit
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5-6
*Period:	Tertiary
Key time interval:	Clarendonian
Age range of interval:	12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Valentine	Member:	Burge
Local section:	ValAH	Local bed:	4
Local order:	bottom to top

Lithology and environment

Environment:

terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:

body

Collection methods and comments

Collection excludes:	some genera
Taxonomic list comments:793 F:AM specimens and "Small collections in USNM and UNSM": Skinner and Johnson 1984

Metadata

Database number:	18217
Authorizer:	J. Alroy, J. Marcot	Enterer:	J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	1992-08-05 00:00:00	Last modified:	2002-06-03 03:27:42
Access level:	the public	Released:	1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

6294		J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1131		J. A. Breyer. 1983. The Biostratigraphic Utility of Camel Metapodials. Journal of Paleontology 57(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
1952		R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1989. Phylogenetic Interrelationships and Evolution of North American Late Equidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch (eds.), The Evolution of Perissodactyls [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
1976		R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Ursidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1:174-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
1977		R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Amphicyonidae. 196-227 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
57334		W. W. Korth. 2007. A new genus of beaver (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the miocene (Clarendonian) of North America and systematics of the Castoroidinae based on comparative cranial anatomy. Annals of Carnegie Museum 76(2) [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
31434		W. W. Korth. 2007. The skull of Nothodipoides (Castoridae, Rodentia) and the occurrence of fossorial adaptations in beavers. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1533-1537 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2546	5% 1540	A. 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]
61275		M. C. Mihlbachler, F. Rivals, N. Solounias and G. M. Semprebon. 2011. Dietary Change and Evolution of Horses in North America. Science 331:1178-1181 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
51726		D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
51375		D. R. Prothero. 2008. Systematics of the musk deer (Artiodactyla: Moschidae: Blastomerycinae) from the Miocene of North America. In S. G. Lucas, G. S. Morgan, J. A. Spielmann, D. R. Prothero (eds.), Neogene Mammals 44:207-223 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
3176		M. F. Skinner and B. E. Taylor. 1967. A revision of the geology and paleontology of the Bijou Hills, South Dakota. American Museum Novitates 2300:1-53 [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]
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]
6227		S. D. Webb and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1986. Systematics and evolution of Pseudhipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the late Neogene of the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Great Plains. Contributions to Geology, the University of Wyoming, Special Paper 3:237-272 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
45368		M. O. Woodburne. 2007. Phyletic diversification of the Cormohipparion occidentale complex (Mammalia; Perissodactyla, Equidae), Late Miocene, North America, and the origin of the Old World Hippotherium datum. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 306(1):1-138 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]