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)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Mesoreodon megalodon" = Desmatochoerus megalodon
"Mesoreodon megalodon" = Desmatochoerus megalodon Peterson 1907 oreodont
2.5 mi S of Chimney Rock; supposedly Monroe Creek
Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Phasianus mioceanus n. sp. Shufeldt 1915 pheasant
not sure if this is in the correct collection