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)
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Peltosaurus sp. Cope 1873 squamates |