Miocitta galbreathi type locality (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Kennesaw

Where: Logan County, Colorado (40.9° N, 103.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 100.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Pawnee Creek Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

• "lower part of Pawnee Creek formation, associated with Kennesaw local fauna, Upper Miocene" and therefore Barstovian, but physically nowhere near the Kennesaw collections per se

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

• none given

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. C. Galbreath

• Southern Illinois University collection postdating Galbreath 1953

Primary reference: P. Brodkorb. 1972. Neogene fossil jays from the Great Plains. The Condor 74(3):347-349 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74627: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 17.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Miocitta galbreathi n. gen. n. sp.
Miocitta galbreathi n. gen. n. sp. Brodkorb 1972 perching bird