Chimney Rock (Arikaree) ( of the United States)
Also known as Scotssbluff
Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 97.3° W)
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When: Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the YPM
Primary reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1915. Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19:1-110 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 17485: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
"Mesoreodon megalodon" = Desmatochoerus megalodon
"Mesoreodon megalodon" = Desmatochoerus megalodon Peterson 1907 oreodont 2.5 mi S of Chimney Rock; supposedly Monroe Creek
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Aves | |
Phasianus mioceanus n. sp.
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