Roberts Draw (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: Brule Formation, Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)

• said to be Whitneyan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17368: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Daphoenus sp. Leidy 1853 bear-dog
"Brule Formation, Roberts Draw, NE of Harrison"
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid
"Robert's Draw, 50 ft below top of Brule Fm."