UNSM Sx-17 (Whitney A) (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

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: W. W. Korth and J. Hageman. 1988. Lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) Brule Formation, Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 16:141-152 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17412: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

• apparently on Cottonwood Creek in T33N R53W: Korth 1989a
possibly relevant: Ischyromys typus Heaton 1993: "Toadstool Park - Munson Ranch Whitney"
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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Leptochoeridae
Leptochoerus spectabilis
Leptochoerus spectabilis Leidy 1856 even-toed ungulate
Whitney Mbr.
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus haydeni, Palaeolagus intermedius
Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856 rabbit
Whitney A
Palaeolagus intermedius Matthew 1899 rabbit
Whitney A