Sage Creek (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Pennington County, South Dakota (43.9° N, 102.4° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 94.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

• Lower Nodular Zone, SDSM Dry Plains Facies

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. J. ElShafie. 2024. Body size estimation from isolated fossil bones reveals deep time evolutionary trends in North American lizards. PLoS ONE 19(1:e0296318):1-25 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232923: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 08.01.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Peltosaurus sp. Cope 1873 squamates