Highway 74 (Upper) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Clay County, Nebraska (40.5° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 97.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Gothenburg Member (Loveland Loess Formation), Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. B. Martin and L. D. Martin. 1995. Current Research in the Pleistocene 12:102-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20380: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys sp., "Spermophilus elegans" = Urocitellus elegans
Cynomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 prairie dog
"Spermophilus elegans" = Urocitellus elegans Kennicott 1863 Wyoming ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Pedomys cf. ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster
"Pedomys cf. ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster Wagner 1842 prairie vole
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela nigripes Audubon and Bachman 1851 black-footed ferret