Oreolagus nebrascensis Type Locality: Early/Lower Hemingfordian, Nebraska

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Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Oreolagus nebrascensis n. sp. McGrew 1941
from "Marsland" Fm.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nebraska County:Dawes
Coordinates: 42.8° North, 103.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.5° North, 99.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Early/Lower Hemingfordian
Age range of interval:20.43000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Runningwater
Local section:PineR Local bed:16
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:NE 1/4 sec 28 T30N R49W
slight possibility this is in the Upper Harrison, although I believe there are no outcrops in the immediate area
may be the same as Ahren's Prospect, Elder Ranch, and/or North Branch of Cottonwood Creek (see)
Metadata
Database number:17977
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-05-04 05:00:15
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2515. P. O. McGrew. 1941. A new Miocene lagomorph. Geological Series, Field Museum of Natural History 8(6):37-41 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]