Oreolagus nebrascensis Type Locality: Early/Lower Hemingfordian, Nebraska
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Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Oreolagus nebrascensis n. sp.
McGrew 1941
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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] |