Kuhre Quarry: Barstovian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana cf. pipiens
Schreber 1782
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emydidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone orthopygia
(Cope 1878)
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| recombined as Hesperotestudo orthopygia | |||||||
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Geochelone nordensis
Holman 1973
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| synonym of Hesperotestudo orthopygia | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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cf. Serridentinus sp.
Osborn 1923
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= Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Voorhies 1990 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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cf. Tomarctus sp.
Cope 1873
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= Borophaginae indet.
Simpson 1945
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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cf. Merychippus sp.
Leidy 1856
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= Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Voorhies 1990 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Heteromyidae indet.
Gray 1868
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
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Ictalurus sp.
Rafinesque 1820
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amia sp.
Linnaeus 1766
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Brown |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 100.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 96.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 671 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ogallala | Formation: | Valentine | Member: | Cornell Dam |
| Local section: | ValAH | Local bed: | 1 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "unnamed member [of Skinner's] of the lowest part of the Valentine" = Cornell Dam | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" sandstone |
| Lithology description: "crossbedded... sands" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),sieve |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UNSM |
| Collection method comments: "about two tons of sand" were sifted | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UNSM Bw-120 | ||
| Database number: | 18223 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-02-05 15:19:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 712. | J. A. Holman. 1977. The Kuhre Quarry fauna (Upper Miocene, northcentral Nebraska). Michigan Academician 9:459-467 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 3503 | M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate paleontology of the proposed Norden Reservoir Area, Brown, Cherry and Keya Paha counties, Nebraska. Technical Report, Division of Archeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska 82-09 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |