Leadville ( of the United States)
Where: Clear Creek County, Colorado (39.7° N, 105.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 100.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Harrisonian (24.8 - 18.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: R. M. Hunt, Jr. and R. Skolnick. 1990. The giant mustelid Megalictis from the early Miocene carnivore dens at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Siouix County, Nebraska. Proceedings of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 100:60-61 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 17797: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• the Reindeer Mine and Arkansas River both are in Clear Creek County, but Leadville is in Lake County
isolated "jaw from a depth of 450 feet in a mine"
information repeated by Hunt and Skolnick 1996
isolated "jaw from a depth of 450 feet in a mine"
information repeated by Hunt and Skolnick 1996
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Megalictis sp. Matthew 1907 mustelid carnivore | |