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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Bassariscus antiquus n. sp.
Bassariscus antiquus n. sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 ringtail |