Rabbit Graveyard (Lower) (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Dawes County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 95.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Orella Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: E. P. Gustafson. 1986. Preliminary biostratigraphy of the White River Group (Oligocene, Chadron and Brule formations) in the vicinity of Chadron, Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 14:7-20 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 17164: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• within a normal polarity zone that begins just below and ends just above Orella B; see Fig. 3 and Korth 1989b Fig. 1
mostly from the "Green marker level" and above, which are best represented by Gustafson's sections 3 and 4 from about 2 miles north of Chadron
includes CSC-75 Bartlett South Central CSC-79 Rabbit Graveyard CSC-80 Scratching Post CSC-83 Central Marker Bed CSC-91 Midwest Valley
NISP 132, excluding didelphid and indeterminate rhino
mostly from the "Green marker level" and above, which are best represented by Gustafson's sections 3 and 4 from about 2 miles north of Chadron
includes CSC-75 Bartlett South Central CSC-79 Rabbit Graveyard CSC-80 Scratching Post CSC-83 Central Marker Bed CSC-91 Midwest Valley
NISP 132, excluding didelphid and indeterminate rhino
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Hyracodon nebraskensis Leidy 1850 odd-toed ungulate | |
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Mesohippus bairdi Leidy 1850 anchitheriine horse | |
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Hypertragulus calcaratus Cope 1873 ruminant | |
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Leptomeryx evansi Leidy 1853 ruminant probably includes type of "L. exilis" Cook 1934 from "Brule (Middle Oligocene) beds, about two miles north of Chadron"
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Merycoidodon sp. Leidy 1848 oreodont | |
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Poebrotherium wilsoni Leidy 1847 camel | |
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Hyaenodon crucians Leidy 1853 creodont | |
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Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid surely includes specimen of Wang 1994 from Bartlet Ranch, 2 mi N of Chadron, 120 ft above Blue Ash, Orellan
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Eumys elegans Leidy 1856 mouse | |
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Ischyromys typus Leidy 1856 rodent | |
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Heliscomys hatcheri Wood 1935 rodent | |
Adjidaumo minutus, "Paradjidaumo trilophus" = Adjidaumo trilophus
Adjidaumo minutus Cope 1873 rodent
"Paradjidaumo trilophus" = Adjidaumo trilophus Cope 1873 rodent | |
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Eutypomys thomsoni Matthew 1905 rodent | |
Agnotocastor readingi n. sp.3
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Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856 rabbit
Megalagus turgidus Cope 1873 rabbit | |