UCM locality 80053 (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Converse County, Wyoming (42.6° N, 105.3° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 97.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Orella Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. Kron in 1980; reposited in the UCM

Primary reference: R. M. Sullivan. 1987. Parophisaurus pawneensis (Gilmore, 1928) new genus of anguid lizard from the middle Oligocene of North America. Journal of Herpetology 21(2):115-133 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84611: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 03.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Parophisaurus pawneensis Gilmore 1928 squamates
UCM 42545, partial skull and jaws, caudal vertebra