Crow Butte (Whitney-Nebraska) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Dawes County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 95.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. E. Gawne. 1968. The genus Proterix (Insectivora, Erinaceidae) of the Upper Oligocene of North America. American Museum Novitates 2315 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 17325: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998

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Taxonomic list

• "Otionohyus bullatus" Schultz and Falkenbach 1968: YPM "Eporeodon helenae" specimen of Thorpe 1937 said to be from the non-existent "Crow Buttes, South Dakota"; same specimen (!) referred to "Paramerycoidodon major" by the authors on another page, but this appears to be an error; level unclear as "O. bullatus" is Brule Zone B whereas "P. major" is Brule Zone D
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Archaeocyon pavidus1 Stock 1933 bone-crushing dog
Hesperocyon gregarius2 Cope 1873 canid
NE of Crow Butte, N of road, 5 ft below white layer, "Whitneyan (?)"
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Proterix bicuspis Macdonald 1951 hedgehog
1/2 mi NE of Crow Butte on Ed Franey Ranch, Dawes Co., Whitney Mbr.