Cedar Creek (Upper) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Logan County, Colorado (40.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 95.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Cedar Creek Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. C. Galbreath. 1953. A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4:1-120 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 17083: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• status of "Protomeryx campester" is unclear in light of Honey et al. 1998
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Megalagus turgidus Cope 1873 rabbit
Palaeolagus intermedius Matthew 1899 rabbit
confirmed by Dawson 1958
Palaeolagus burkei Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumys elegans Leidy 1856 mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cedromus wardi Wilson 1949 squirrel
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon horridus Leidy 1853 creodont
 Carnivora - Canidae
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx ? evansi Leidy 1853 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Hypisodontidae
Hypisodus minimus Cope 1873 ruminant
"form B"