Glad Tidings: Barstovian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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cf. Clemmys sp.
Ritgen 1828
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= Emydinae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Chrysemys sp.
Gray 1844
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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| "probably subgenus Hesperotestudo" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Geringophis depressus
Holman 1976
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Paleoheterodon tiheni
Holman 1964
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Natricinae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Lampropeltis similis
Holman 1964
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Elaphe nebraskensis
Holman 1964
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Salvadora paleolineata
Holman 1973
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Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Sceloporus sp.
Wiegmann 1828
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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cf. Ambystoma priscum
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| original and current combination Amblystoma | ||||||||||
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Ambystoma sp.
(Tschudi 1838)
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| original and current combination Amblystoma | ||||||||||
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Ambystoma minshalli
Tihen and Chantell 1963
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Pseudacris sp.
Fitzinger 1843
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| "pipiens complex" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Knox |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° North, 97.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.1° North, 94.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Miocene | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Barstovian |
| Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: none given | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: "the herpetofauna would indicate the presence of a pond or slow-flowing stream and its margin... and adjacent, somewhat moist wooded area... and finally, a more xerophytic upland" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UNSM |
| Collection method comments: tortoise was surface collected and the rest was screened | |
| Taxonomic list comments:mammalian fauna is presented but not detailed | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UNSM Kx-117 | ||
| Database number: | 27507 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-12-07 16:43:03 | Last modified: | 2002-12-07 18:43:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-12-07 16:43:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7572. | J. A. Holman. 1996. Glad Tidings, a late middle Miocene herpetofauna from northeastern Nebraska. Journal of Herpetology 30(3):430-432 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 24970 | J. A. Holman and U. Fritz. 2001. A new emydine species from the Medial Miocene (Barstovian) of Nebraska, USA with a new generic arrangement for the species of Clemmys sensu McDowell (1964) (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 51(19):321-343 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |