North Platte River (Oligocene of the United States)
Also known as near Captain Terry's Ranch
Where: Nebraska (41.1° N, 100.7° W: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 94.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
• "geological occurrence unrecorded but undoubtedly Oligocene"
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by A. S. Shelly in 1874
Primary reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 180114: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 08.07.2016
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Peltosaurus granulosus Cope 1873 squamates YPM 1065, nearly complete rigth dentary with teeth and anterior portion of left
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