Oreolagus nebrascensis Type Locality (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Dawes County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 99.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Runningwater Formation, Early/Lower Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. O. McGrew. 1941. A new Miocene lagomorph. Geological Series, Field Museum of Natural History 8(6):37-41 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17977: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• NE 1/4 sec 28 T30N R49W
slight possibility this is in the Upper Harrison, although I believe there are no outcrops in the immediate area
may be the same as Ahren's Prospect, Elder Ranch, and/or North Branch of Cottonwood Creek (see)
slight possibility this is in the Upper Harrison, although I believe there are no outcrops in the immediate area
may be the same as Ahren's Prospect, Elder Ranch, and/or North Branch of Cottonwood Creek (see)
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Oreolagus nebrascensis n. sp.
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