Dout West (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as CC 1370; Geike Ranch Anthills

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 95.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. M. West and W. W. Korth. 1994. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 21:147-150 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 17108: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998

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Taxonomic list

• 6.5 m below top of member, which is 32.5 m thick in this area; because the standard UNSM Orella section is defined well to the east of here, exact correlation to either Orella C or Orella D is apparently impossible
NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec 17 T33N R56W
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
"Nanodelphys hunti" = Nanodelphys huntii
"Nanodelphys hunti" = Nanodelphys huntii Cope 1873 marsupial
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Herpetotherium fugax Cope 1873 marsupial
Copedelphys stevensoni Cope 1873 marsupial
 Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Hypertragulidae indet. Cope 1879 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Hypisodontidae
Hypisodus minimus Cope 1873 ruminant
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid
 Theriamorpha - Proscalopidae
? Proscalops tertius Reed 1961 placental
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Centetodon marginalis Cope 1873 placental
 Rodentia -
Epeiromys cf. spanius Korth 1989 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumys elegans Leidy 1856 mouse
Wilsoneumys planidens Wilson 1949 mouse
"Scottimus cf. viduus" = Willeumys viduus Korth 1981 mouse
 Rodentia -
Diplolophus insolens Troxell 1923 rodent
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromys typus Leidy 1856 rodent
may include "I. parvidens"
 Rodentia - Heliscomyidae
Heliscomys hatcheri, "cf. Heliscomys mcgrewi" = Megaheliscomys mcgrewi
Heliscomys hatcheri Wood 1935 rodent
"cf. Heliscomys mcgrewi" = Megaheliscomys mcgrewi Korth 1989 rodent
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Adjidaumo minutus, "Paradjidaumo trilophus" = Adjidaumo trilophus
Adjidaumo minutus Cope 1873 rodent
"Paradjidaumo trilophus" = Adjidaumo trilophus Cope 1873 rodent
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
"Prosciurus relictus" = Altasciurus relictus
"Prosciurus relictus" = Altasciurus relictus Cope 1873 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cedromus wardi Wilson 1949 squirrel
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856 rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872 eutherian