Blackburn Ranch (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 96.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Whitney A Member (Brule Formation), Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1968. The Phylogeny of the Oreodonts. Part 1: Merycoidodontinae, Eporeodontinae, and Leptaucheniinae, Three Subfamilies Of Oreodonts, With an Appendix to the Revision Of The Merycoidodontidae, and Part 2. Summary and Conclusions Concerning the Merycoidodontidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 139:1-498 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17311: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

• in the North Platte drainage basin
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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Leptauchenia decora
Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856 oreodont
"Blackburn Ranch, north of Mitchell, 'Lower Ash'"
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Paratylopus primaevus
Paratylopus primaevus Matthew 1904 camel
"H. A. Blackburn Ranch, 7 miles north of Mitchell, Sioux Co. ... early Whitneyan"