UNSM Sx-14 (Orella A) (Oligocene of the United States)
Also known as Meng Ranch, in part
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: lower Orella Member (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 17239: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• secs 7, 18 T33N R53W and sec 12 T33N R54W
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"Prosciurus relictus" = Altasciurus relictus
"Prosciurus relictus" = Altasciurus relictus Cope 1873 mountain beaver Orella A or B at Sx-14; Orella A at S 1/2 sec 12 T33N R54W
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Oligospermophilus douglassi1 Korth 1981 squirrel S 1/2 sec 12 T33N R54W in Orella A, i.e., Sx-14; also lower Orella at Sx-14
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