MCAH ( of the United States)

Also known as Mo-107, in part

Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 97.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arikaree Formation, Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. C. Swisher. 1982. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the eastern portion of the Wildcat Ridge, western Nebraska. 1-172 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17541: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• only important micromammal locality in the basal Arikaree on Wildcat Ridge
this and the other Morrill Co. basal Arikaree localities are to the east of Olsen's Ranch in Banner Co., source of the Olsen's Third Ash date of 27.79 +/- 0.08 Ma (SCLF AA) given by Tedford et al. 1996
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Geringia mcgregori2 Macdonald 1970 mouse
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Promylagaulinae indet.1 Rensberger 1980 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821 beaver
said to be new
Palaeocastor sp.1 Leidy 1869 beaver
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Pleurolicus cf. sulcifrons Cope 1878 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
"Proheteromys fedti" = Proharrymys fedti
"Proheteromys fedti" = Proharrymys fedti Macdonald 1963 rodent