Redington Gap (Whitney A) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 95.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Whitney A Member (Brule Formation), Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17365: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Mesocyon" temnodon Wortman and Matthew 1899 canid
0.75 mi SE of Redington Gap, 7 ft below base of first ash in Whitney Mbr.