UNSM Sx-6 (Orella B) (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

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Brule Formation, Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: W. W. Korth. 1989. Aplodontid Rodents (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) Brule Formation, Nebraska. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):400-414 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 17220: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

• sec 31 T33N R55W, secs 1 and 2 T32N R56W
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Megalagus turgidus5 Cope 1873 rabbit
Orella B
Palaeolagus haydeni5 Leidy 1856 rabbit
Orella B
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cedromus wardi4 Wilson 1949 squirrel
Orella B
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
"Prosciurus relictus" = Altasciurus relictus, "Prosciurus albiclivus" = Altasciurus albiclivus3
"Prosciurus relictus" = Altasciurus relictus Cope 1873 mountain beaver
Orella B
"Prosciurus albiclivus" = Altasciurus albiclivus3 Korth 1994 mountain beaver
Orella B; previously undescribed specimen
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Adjidaumo minutus2 Cope 1873 rodent
Orella B
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius6 Cope 1873 canid
Orella B
 Artiodactyla - Leptochoeridae
Stibarus obtusilobus1 Cope 1873 even-toed ungulate
Orella B