Cedar Creek (Hat Creek Basin) (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: Orella Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 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 17080: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Roger Benson and Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Aciprion formosum1 Cope 1873 squamates
USNM 10962 (partial right maxilla)
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Daphoenus sp.3, Daphoenus felinus2, "Proamphicyon nebrascensis n. gen. n. sp." = Daphoenus vetus2, Protemnocyon inflatus n. gen. n. sp.2
Daphoenus sp.3 Leidy 1853 bear-dog
Daphoenus felinus2 Scott 1898 bear-dog
"Proamphicyon nebrascensis n. gen. n. sp." = Daphoenus vetus2 Leidy 1853 bear-dog
Protemnocyon inflatus n. gen. n. sp.2 Hatcher 1902 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid
Cedar Creek, Hat Creek Basin, NW of Crawford, in Green Caliche zone, lower Orella Mbr.
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Otionohyus wardi n. sp." = Merycoidodon culbertsonii4
"Otionohyus wardi n. sp." = Merycoidodon culbertsonii4 Leidy 1848 oreodont
"From oreodont fauna! "Zone A" of Brule Formation, E. end of exposures N. of Harrison,1 Hat Creek Basin, Cheyenne River drainage, Sioux County, Nebraska"