Robert's Draw (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 95.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. H. Wahlert. 1977. Cranial foramina and relationships of Eutypomys (Rodentia, Eutypomyidae). American Museum Novitates 2626 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 17168: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Cook collection purchased by AMNH
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Eutypomyidae
Eutypomys thomsoni Matthew 1905 rodent
AMNH specimen from the Orellan of "Roberts Draw, Sioux Co."
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid
"in nodular layer, early Orellan"