UNSM Mo-111 (Whitney A) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 95.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: L. Toohey. 1959. The species of Nimravus (Carnivora, Felidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 118(2):71-112 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17400: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Nimravus brachyops Cope 1878 false sabre-tooth
"about 50 feet below the lowest ash layer" in the Whitney Mbr. NNW of UNSM Mo-111