Northwest Corner of Seaman Hills (Brule) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.0° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 96.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• "Brule formation... Oreodon beds" (meaning lower Brule)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UNSM

• provided to Jepsen by Gilmore and presumably collected by Gilmore's 1932 UNSM field party

Primary reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1933. American Eusmiloid Sabre-Tooth Cats of the Oligocene Epoch. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 72(5):355-369 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99845: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 25.11.2010

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