Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.9° N, 103.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 95.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Brule Formation, Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
• "late Orellan"
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collected in the 1970s
• University of Kansas Museum of Natural History collection
Primary reference: J. A. Holman. 1983. A new species of Helagras (Serpentes) from the Middle Oligocene of Nebraska. Journal of Herpetology 17:417-419 [J. Head/J. Head]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75879: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 04.11.2007, edited by Jason Head
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Geringophis vetus n. sp.
Geringophis vetus n. sp. Holman 1982 sand boa | |
Helagras orellanensis n. sp.
Helagras orellanensis n. sp. Holman 1983 snake |