Bluejay Quarry: Late Clarendonian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Domninoides mimicus
Wilson 1968
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cf. Mystipterus sp.
Hall 1930
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Soricidae indet.
Fischer 1814
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Metechinus amplior
Rich 1981
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Untermannerix copiosus
Rich 1981
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus major
(Leidy 1858)
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= Merychyus major
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Megatylopus sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Procamelus grandis
Gregory 1939
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Pliauchenia magnifontis
Gregory 1939
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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= Tayassuinae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Cranioceras unicornis
Matthew 1918
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Longirostromeryx cf. merriami
Frick 1937
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= Longirostromeryx cf. wellsi
Matthew 1904
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras major
Hatcher 1894
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Parahippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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= Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Hypohippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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Protohippus simus
Gidley 1906
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= Protohippus supremus
Leidy 1869
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Astrohippus cf. martini
(Hesse 1936)
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Voorhies 1974 | |||||||||
= Calippus sp.
Matthew and Stirton 1930
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
Pliohippus cf. pernix
Marsh 1874
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Neohipparion occidentale
(Leidy 1856)
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Voorhies 1974 | |||||||||
= Cormohipparion occidentale
Leidy 1856
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Hippotherium sp.
Kaup 1832
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Pseudhipparion gratum
(Leidy 1869)
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Voorhies 1974 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Epicyon cf. saevus
(Leidy 1858)
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confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Leptocyon sp.
Matthew 1918
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= Leptocyon matthewi
Tedford et al. 2009
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Tedford et al. 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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cf. Ischyrocyon sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Hesperolagomys sp.
Clark et al. 1964
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus sp.
Dice 1917
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= Archaeolaginae indet.
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomyidae indet.
Bonaparte 1845
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= Phelosaccomys hibbardi
Storer 1973
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Korth 1997 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Cupidinimus sp.
Wood 1935
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= Cupidinimus cf. tertius
Hall 1930
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Korth 1997 | |||||||||
Cupidinimus sp.
Wood 1935
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= Cupidinimus prattensis
Korth 1998
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
said to be new and identical to then-undescribed Pratt Quarry species; "C. | ||||||||||
Perognathus sp.
Maximillian 1839
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= Perognathus cf. minutus
James 1963
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Korth 1997 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Eucastor sp.
Allen 1877
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Voorhies 1974 | |||||||||
"advanced" | ||||||||||
= Eucastor planus
Stirton 1935
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
see also Korth 1997b | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Pseudomyscus bathygnathus n. sp.
Korth 1997
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Korth 1997 | |||||||||
Copemys sp.
Wood 1936
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Korth 1997 | |||||||||
compared to C. esmeraldensis, C. mariae and C. longidens | ||||||||||
Copemys pisinnus
Wilson 1968
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= Tregomys cf. pisinnus
Wilson 1968
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
see also Korth 1997b | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Cynomyoides vatis n. sp.
Korth 1996
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Korth 1996 | |||||||||
may include "Marmota cf. vetus" (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Spermophilus cyanocittus n. sp.
Korth 1997
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Korth 1997 | |||||||||
may include "cf. Ammospermophilus sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus cf. monodon
Cope 1881
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= Mylagaulidae indet.
Cope 1881
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Korth 2000 | |||||||||
see also Korth 1997b | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Antelope |
Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 98.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° North, 95.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Late Clarendonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 12.5 - 9.4 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Ogallala | Formation: | Ash Hollow | Member: | Merritt Dam |
Local section: | ValAH | Local bed: | 6 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: single channel fill within a ca. 25 ft sandstone unit; stratigraphic position based on Korth 1997b |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: sand with siliceous tubules | |
Environment: | "channel" |
Geology comments: illustrated as within or just above a channel lag |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | UNSM |
Metadata
Also known as: | UNSM Ap-112 | ||
Database number: | 18066 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-02-05 15:24:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3510. | M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Ogallala Group in Nebraska. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains 115-151 [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] | |
2131 | W. W. Korth. 1996. A New Genus of Prairie Dog (Sciuridae, Rodentia) From the Miocene (Barstovian of Montana and Clarendonian of Nebraska) and the Classification of Nearctic Ground Squirrels (Marmotini). Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 23:109-113 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
2133 | W. W. Korth. 1997. Additonal rodents (Mammalia) from the Clarendonian (Miocene) of northcentral Nebraska and a review of Clarendonian rodent biostratigraphy of that area. Paludicola 1(3):97-111 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
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] | |
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] | |
10078 | M. R. Voorhies. 1974. Fossil pocket mouse burrows in Nebraska. American Midland Naturalist 91(2):492-498 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |