Lusk (40' above PWL): Orellan, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Paratylopus labiatus
(Cope 1881)
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| "Lusk area, Niobrara Co. ... 40-80 feet above the PWL" | ||||||||||
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Poebrotherium eximium
Hay 1902
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| "Lusk Area, Niobrara Co. ... 0-40 feet above PWL"; at least one of these specimens is from "the Seaman Hills, near Lusk" | ||||||||||
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Poebrotherium wilsoni
Leidy 1847
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| "Lusk area, Niobrara Co. ... early Orellan" (at least one specimen from 40' above the PWL) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gaviidae
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Gavia pusilla
Shufeldt 1915
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Wetmore 1940 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Niobrara |
| Coordinates: | 43.0° North, 104.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.2° North, 96.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Oligocene | *Local age/stage: | Orellan |
| Key time interval: | Orellan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 31.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| 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:possibly relevant: Ischyromys "parvidens" Heaton 1993 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 17134 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 00:54:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2805. | 5% 6280 | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 31036 | A. Wetmore. 1940. A check-list of the fossil birds of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 99(4):1-81 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |