Birdcage Gap West ( of the United States)
Also known as UNSM Mo-106
Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 97.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Brown Siltstone Member (Brule Formation), Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)
• Unit A
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Reposited in the UNSM
Primary reference: C. C. Swisher. 1982. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the eastern portion of the Wildcat Ridge, western Nebraska. 1-172 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 17473: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• type of "Dinictis major" is from Birdcage Gap, SW of Bridgeport, Morrill Co.: Toohey 1959
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"Pseudocyclopidius major" = Leptauchenia major, "Sespia marianae" = Sespia nitida, "Mesoreodon megalodon" = Desmatochoerus megalodon
"Mesoreodon megalodon" = Desmatochoerus megalodon Peterson 1907 oreodont "W. side of Birdcage Gap"; "Promerycochoerus sp." of Barbour and Schultz 1932
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