Boxelder Canyon (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Nebraska (41.0° N, 100.6° W: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 100.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• said to be early Rancholabrean

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: H. T. Goodwin. 1995. Systematic revision of fossil prairie dogs with descriptions of two new species. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Miscellaneous Publications 86:1-38 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20162: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys niobrarius Hay 1921 prairie dog