Weitzel Ranch (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 96.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Whitney Member (Brule Formation), Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: T. H. Heaton. 1993. The Oligocene Rodent Ischyromys of the Great Plains: Replacement Mistaken for Anagenesis. Journal of Paleontology 67(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 17427: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• in the North Platte drainage basin
possibly relevant: Leptauchenia decora - "Pithecistes tanneri" Schultz and Falkenbach 1968: "Brule Zone D"; "due north of Mitchell" in Sioux Co.; this could be from Blackburn Ranch
possibly relevant: Leptauchenia decora - "Pithecistes tanneri" Schultz and Falkenbach 1968: "Brule Zone D"; "due north of Mitchell" in Sioux Co.; this could be from Blackburn Ranch
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Paratylopus primaevus1 Matthew 1904 camel "Wetzel Ranch, 6 miles north of Mitchell, Sioux Co. ... early Whitneyan"
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Osbornodon renjiei2 Wang 1994 canid Weitzel Ranch, 6 mi N of Mitchell and 0.5 mi E of Highway 29, Sioux Co., 80 ft below Lower Ash (Whitney A)
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