Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (42.8° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 99.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Arikaree Group, Harrisonian (24.8 - 18.5 Ma)
• from "'Arickaree' formation" outcrops that are "probably continuous" with Upper Harrison exposures to the east
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: W. D. Matthew. 1908. Osteology of Blastomeryx and phylogeny of the American Cervidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(27):535-562 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74096: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 22.07.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Blastomeryx olcotti n. sp." = Problastomeryx primus
"Blastomeryx olcotti n. sp." = Problastomeryx primus Matthew 1908 musk deer |