1/4 mi. S of Cottonwood Pass (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Pennington County, South Dakota (43.6° N, 102.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 94.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Scenic Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: S. J. ElShafie. 2024. Body size estimation from isolated fossil bones reveals deep time evolutionary trends in North American lizards. PLoS ONE 19(1:e0296318):1-25 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232913: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 07.01.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Peltosaurus sp. Cope 1873 squamates