Little Indian Creek (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (42.8° N, 104.3° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 96.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Brule Formation, Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
• "Lower Brule"
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G. B. Pearce in 1942; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: J. Hough. 1949. The Subspecies of Hoplophoneus: A Statistical Study. Journal of Paleontology 23(5):536-555 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17131: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• not clear if this is part of Head of Indian Creek (see)
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Hoplophoneus primaevus Leidy and Owen 1851 false sabre-tooth Lower Brule, Little Indian Creek near the NW corner of Walker Ranch, Niobrara Co.
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