Sowbelly Canyon (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.9° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 95.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Brule Formation (White River Group), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• none given

Size class: macrofossils

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 232924: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 08.01.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Peltosaurus sp. Cope 1873 squamates