Jim Creek (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.9° N, 103.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 95.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Brule Formation (White River Group), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
• "Oreodon beds, White River formation" = Brule Formation
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by O. A. Peterson, J. A. Hermann in 1905
Primary reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 180112: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 08.07.2016
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"Glyptosaurus giganteus" = Helodermoides tuberculatus
"Glyptosaurus giganteus" = Helodermoides tuberculatus Douglass 1903 squamates CM 1471 (holotype), greater portion of frontal region of skull, covered with osseous dermal scutes.
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