Vicinity of Cottonwood Creek (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.5° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 95.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Scenic Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
• Lower Oreodon beds
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by J. W. Gidley, H. F. Wells in 1895
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 180113: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 08.07.2016
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Peltosaurus granulosus Cope 1873 squamates PU 11393, considerable portion of skull and attached right ramus
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