Badland Creek (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 95.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: "Oreodon Beds" Formation, Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: W. W. Korth and J. Hageman. 1988. Lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) Brule Formation, Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 16:141-152 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17059: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

• CM locality of uncertain identity, see Korth and Hageman 1988
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hypisodontidae
Hypisodus alacer2 Troxell 1920 ruminant
"Oreodon Beds, Sioux County... Badland Creek"
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Daphoenus sp.4 Leidy 1853 bear-dog
"Orella Member, Badland Creek, Hat Creek Basin, Sioux Co."
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
"Procaprolagus gazini n. sp." = Desmatolagus gazini
"Procaprolagus gazini n. sp." = Desmatolagus gazini Burke 1936 rabbit
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
"Prosciurus relictus" = Altasciurus relictus5
"Prosciurus relictus" = Altasciurus relictus5 Cope 1873 mountain beaver
not described or figured, and not discussed by Korth 1989c DUPLICATE REF 3725 or 3745
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cedromus wardi1 Wilson 1949 squirrel
Reptilia
 Squamata - Rhineuridae
Rhineura hatcherii3 Baur 1893 worm lizard
Carnegie Museum 423A, skull and articulated jaws; 423B, skull and articulated ramus; 423C, complete braincase