Canyon Ferry Reservoir 24LC17 (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Lewis and Clark County, Montana (46.6° N, 112.1° W: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 103.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: T. E. White. 1954. Preliminary Analysis of the Fossil Vertebrates of the Canyon Ferry Reservoir Area. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 103(3326):395-438 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17075: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• even split of specimens possibly from 24LC15 yields estimated NISP of 13
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Peltosaurus sp.2 Cope 1873 squamates
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Scottimus longiquus n. sp.3 Korth 1981 mouse
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
"Paradjidaumo cf. trilophus" = Adjidaumo trilophus1
"Paradjidaumo cf. trilophus" = Adjidaumo trilophus1 Cope 1873 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus burkei Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit
- 16
Palaeolagus intermedius Matthew 1899 rabbit
- 2