Rabbit Graveyard (Upper) (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 17165: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• within the same normal polarity zone as Rabbit Graveyard (Lower) and definitely in Orella B
may include some localities listed as lower Rabbit Graveyard
mostly from the "Lumpy level"
includes: CSC-85 Anderson's Lumpy Level CSC-90 Bartlett's Lumpy Level
NISP 24
may include some localities listed as lower Rabbit Graveyard
mostly from the "Lumpy level"
includes: CSC-85 Anderson's Lumpy Level CSC-90 Bartlett's Lumpy Level
NISP 24
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| Mammalia | |
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Hypertragulus calcaratus Cope 1873 ruminant | |
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Leptomeryx evansi Leidy 1853 ruminant | |
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Merycoidodon sp. Leidy 1848 oreodont
Miniochoerus gracilis Leidy 1851 oreodont | |
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Mesohippus bairdi Leidy 1850 anchitheriine horse | |
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Hyracodon nebraskensis Leidy 1850 odd-toed ungulate | |
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Daphoenus hartshornianus Cope 1873 bear-dog | |
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Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856 rabbit | |
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Ischyromys typus Leidy 1856 rodent | |
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Heliscomys hatcheri Wood 1935 rodent | |