8 Mi. Northeast of Harrison: Orellan, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Alroy 2002
lower Brule
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Wang 1994
UNSM specimen, stratigraphy not stated
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nebraska County:Sioux
Coordinates: 42.4° North, 103.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.0° North, 87.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Rupelian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval: Orellan
Age range of interval: 33.9 - 31.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Metadata
Database number:17049
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

2730. B. Patterson and P. O. McGrew. 1937. A soricid and two erinaceids from the White River Oligocene [Colorado]. Field Museum of Natural History, Geological Series 6(18):245-272 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
6226 X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]