Burge Quarry: Barstovian - Clarendonian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Hemicyon sp.
Lartet 1851
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= informal Hunt ursid barbouri
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Hunt 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Monosaulax sp.
Stirton 1935
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Evander 1999 | |||||||||
Eucastor sp.
Allen 1877
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus sp.
Cope 1878
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= Ceratogaulus cf. rhinocerus
Matthew 1902
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Korth 2000 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus sp.
Dice 1917
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= Archaeolaginae indet.
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aphelops megalodus
(Cope 1873)
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Skinner et al. 1968 | |||||||||
AMNH specimen | ||||||||||
= Teleoceras medicornutum
Osborn 1904
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hypohippus affinis
(Leidy 1858)
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Merychippus cf. insignis
Leidy 1856
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= Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Hippotherium sp.
Kaup 1832
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two skulls measured at AMNH: JA pers. obs. | ||||||||||
Pseudhipparion retrusum
(Cope 1889)
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Neohipparion cf. coloradense
(Osborn 1918)
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= Cormohipparion merriami
Woodburne 2007
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Woodburne 2007 | |||||||||
Cormohipparion johnsoni n. sp.
Woodburne 2007
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Woodburne 2007 | |||||||||
"Merychippus" cf. coloradense
(Osborn 1918)
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Protohippus supremus
Leidy 1869
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Pliohippus pernix
Marsh 1874
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops niobrarensis
Colbert 1935
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recombined as Colbertchoerus niobrarensis | ||||||||||
see also Wright and Eshelman 1987; Wright 1993 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Protolabis sp.
Cope 1876
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Aepycamelus sp.
Macdonald 1956
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Procamelus grandis
Gregory 1939
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Longirostromeryx wellsi
(Matthew 1904)
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see also Frick 1937 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Cranioceras unicornis
Matthew 1918
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see also Frick 1937 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Cosoryx furcatus
Leidy 1869
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see also Frick 1937 | ||||||||||
Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) burgensis n. sp.
Frick 1937
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Frick 1937 | |||||||||
synonym of Cosoryx furcatus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus medius
(Leidy 1858)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Pseudocyon sp.
Lartet 1851
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Hunt 1998 | |||||||||
Ischyrocyon gidleyi
(Matthew 1902)
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confirmed by Hunt 1998b | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Brachypsalis sp.
Cope 1890
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= Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Leptocyon vafer
(Leidy 1858)
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Tedford et al. 2009 | |||||||||
Carpocyon webbi
Wang et al. 1999
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Tomarctus euthos
(McGrew 1935)
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recombined as Paratomarctus euthos | ||||||||||
Aelurodon taxoides
Hatcher 1894
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= Aelurodon ferox
Leidy 1858
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Aelurodon stirtoni
(Wang et al. 1999)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
F:AM specimens; UCMP type also accidentally listed here by Webb, but elsewhere in the text correctly placed at Fence Line (see) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotherium productum
(Cope 1874)
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= Gomphotherium willistoni
Barbour 1914
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
synonym of Trilophodon osborni | ||||||||||
according to Tobien 1973, but clearly G. willistoni in light of his discussion and of Voorhies 1990 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Cherry |
Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 100.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 98.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Barstovian - Clarendonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 15.97000 - 10.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Taxonomic list comments:see Wade Quarry for discussion of Davis Ash ignore list of Voorhies 1990, which is a composite originally described by Stirton and McGrew 1935 3000 F:AM specimens, 23 UNSM specimens, 52 post-McGrew UCMP specimens: Skinner and Johnson 1984; because Webb's material is from the UCMP, these figures are not useable "Ustatochoerus major" Schultz and Falkenbach 1941: "N. and E. of Burge Post Office" |
Metadata
Also known as: | UCMP V-3312 | ||
Database number: | 18077 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-07-29 09:41:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3564. | S. D. Webb. 1969. The Burge and Minnechaduza Clarendonian Mammalian Faunas of North-Central Nebraska. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 78:1-191 [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] | |
5661 | ETE 1416 | J. D. Bryant, W. J. Showers, B. Genna and P. N. Froelich. 1993. A tale of two quarries: inferring taphonomic history from the oxygen istopic composition of fossil phosphate. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13:27A [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |
1467 | R. L. Evander. 1999. Rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Railway Quarries local fauna (Miocene, Barstovian) of Nebraska. Paludicola 2(3):240-256 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
6222 | C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669 [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] | |
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] | |
51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
3077 | C. B. Schultz, M. Schultz, and L. D. Martin. 1970. A new Tribe of Saber-toothed cats (Barbourofelini) from the Pliocene of North America. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 9(1):1-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
3174 | M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1968. Cenozoic rocks and faunas of Turtle Butte, south-central South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 138(7) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
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] | |
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] |