1 mile NW of Pussy Springs (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 95.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)

• said to be late Whitneyan

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. R. Prothero. 1996. Camelidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 609-651 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17361: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998

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Taxonomic list

• said to be late Whitneyan (Whitney B)
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Paralabis cedrensis" = Matthewlabis cedrensis
"Paralabis cedrensis" = Matthewlabis cedrensis Matthew 1901 camel
"5 feet below Upper Whitney Ash... 1 mile northwest of Pussy Springs, Ruby Ranch, Morrill Co."
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Hyracodon nebraskensis Leidy 1850 odd-toed ungulate