Lampsilus (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 95.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Chadron Formation, Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 16985: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• from a Cook collection purchased by AMNH; county assignment is based on the fact that Cook mostly collected in this county
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid
"Chadronian"