Lusk (40' above PWL) (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.0° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 96.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. R. Prothero. 1996. Camelidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 609-651 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17134: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• possibly relevant: Ischyromys "parvidens" Heaton 1993
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Gavia pusilla Shufeldt 1915 loon | |
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Poebrotherium eximium Hay 1902 camel "Lusk Area, Niobrara Co. ... 0-40 feet above PWL"; at least one of these specimens is from "the Seaman Hills, near Lusk"
Poebrotherium wilsoni Leidy 1847 camel "Lusk area, Niobrara Co. ... early Orellan" (at least one specimen from 40' above the PWL)
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