West Sand Quarry: Early/Lower Barstovian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus brevirostris
Cope 1873
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
| probably also includes their "Quarry 8" specimen | ||||||||||
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Tomarctus hippophaga
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
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Microtomarctus conferta
(Matthew 1918)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Desmatippus integer
(Matthew 1924)
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Merychippus insignis
Leidy 1856
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Mihlbachler et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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Neohipparion sp.
Gidley 1903
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Mihlbachler et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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Acritohippus isonesus
(Cope 1889)
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Mihlbachler et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras medicornutum
Osborn 1904
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
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Aphelops megalodus
(Cope 1873)
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merychyus relictus
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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| see Schultz and Falkenbach 1947 | ||||||||||
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Brachycrus laticeps
(Douglass 1900)
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= Brachycrus siouense
Sinclair 1915
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Kelly and Lander 1988 | |||||||||
| "Brachycrus laticeps siouense": | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Prosynthetoceras siouxensis
(Frick 1937)
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| recombined as Lambdoceras siouxensis | ||||||||||
| see also Patton and Taylor 1971 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Sioux |
| Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 103.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.0° 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: | Early/Lower Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Olcott | Member: | subcycle 2 |
| Local section: | Snake | Local bed: | 4 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chan. D.; Wilson's Quarry No. 8 | ||
| Database number: | 18019 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-27 08:20:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3175. | M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 2070 | T. S. Kelly and E. B. Lander. 1988. Biostratigraphy and Correlation of Hemingfordian and Barstovian Land Mammal Assemblages, Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Area, California. In W. J. M. Bazeley (ed.), Tertiary Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Cuyama Basin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, California 1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |