Fort Mitchell ( of the United States)

Where: Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska (41.8° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 98.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: F. B. Loomis. 1936. Three new Miocene dogs and their phylogeny. Journal of Paleontology 10(1):44-52 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 17510: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Leptauchenia nitida" = Sespia nitida2, Leptauchenia decora2
"Leptauchenia nitida" = Sespia nitida2 Leidy 1869 oreodont
"Fort Mitchell... in Nebraska"
Leptauchenia decora2 Leidy 1856 oreodont
"Fort Mitchell"
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Temnocyon typicus n. sp.
Temnocyon typicus n. sp. Loomis 1936 bear-dog
from "Mitchell" in the "Miocene Leptauchenia beds"
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Peltosaurus granulosus1
Peltosaurus granulosus1 Cope 1873 squamates
YPM 1060, median portion of skull and left ramus
1Gilmore 1928; 2Thorpe 1921