23 Miles South of Agate (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.1° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 100.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Olcott Formation, Early/Lower Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

• thought to be from the "Lower Snake Creek Fauna" (and therefore from the Early Barstovian Olcott Formation) by Skinner et al. 1977

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: J. A. Baskin. 2004. Bassariscus and Probassariscus (Mammalia, Carnivora, Procyonidae) from the early Barstovian (Middle Miocene). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):709-720 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125933: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 25.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus antiquus n. sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 ringtail