Lessig Canyon (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Brown County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 100.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 97.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Merritt Dam Member (Ash Hollow Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: E. H. Colbert. 1941. The Ancestral Ursid, Hemicyon, in Nebraska. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 2(5):49-57 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 18229: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• not the same as Jim Lessig Camel Quarry: Skinner and Johnson 1984
possibly relevant: "? Plioceros sp." Frick 1937: "Lessig Ranch"; postcrania
possibly relevant: "? Plioceros sp." Frick 1937: "Lessig Ranch"; postcrania
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Teleoceras major Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros | |
Hemicyon barbouri n. sp.
Hemicyon barbouri n. sp. Colbert 1941 bear reported incorrectly as "Dutch Creek Canyon"; Hunt 1998a suggests two localities are distinct and each include this species
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