Leptarctus wortmani type (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Sheridan County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 102.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 100.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ash Hollow Formation, Late/Upper Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

• said to be from the "Loup Fork deposits" by Wortman (1894), the Valentine beds by Matthew (1924), most likely Clarendonian and from the Ash Hollow Formation by Voorhies (1990) and Baskin (2005)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: W. W. Korth and J. A. Baskin. 2009. A new species of Leptarctus (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the late Clarendonian (late Miocene) of Kansas. Annals of Carnegie Museum 78(1):29-44 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110828: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 14.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Leptarctus wortmani n. sp. Matthew 1924 mustelid carnivore
initially described as L. primus by Wortman (1894)