Lone Skull Quarry (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as Mo-160

Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 96.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Unit B Member (Gering Formation), Geringian (30.8 - 26.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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 17535: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Centetodon magnus Clark 1936 placental
 Theriamorpha - Proscalopidae
Proscalops tertius Reed 1961 placental
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus philoi Dawson 1958 rabbit
Palaeolagus hypsodus Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Geringia mcgregori Macdonald 1970 mouse
"B"
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Palaeocastor sp. Leidy 1869 beaver