Court House Rock (Whitney) (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 95.7° W)
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When: Whitney Member (Brule Formation), Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: J. H. Wahlert. 1984. Kirkomys, a new florentiamyid (Rodentia, Geomyoidea) from the Whitneyan of Sioux County, Nebraska. American Museum Novitates 2793 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 17323: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996
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Taxonomic list
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"Kirkomys milleri" = Kirkomys nebraskensis
"Kirkomys milleri" = Kirkomys nebraskensis Wood 1937 rodent "West end of Court House Rock, Sioux Co. ... Brule Fm."; said by Korth 1989b to be from the Whitney
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Cynodesmus thooides Scott 1893 canid west end of Court House Rock, Morrill Co., 85 ft below Gering and 55 ft below Upper Ash (= Whitney B)
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