Citellus dotti Site (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Beaver County, Oklahoma (36.8° N, 100.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.9° N, 94.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ogallala Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. S. Stevens. 1966. The Osteology and Relationships of the Pliocene ground squirrel, Citellus dotti Hibbard, from the Ogallala, Formation of Beaver County, Oklahoma. Pearce-Sellards Series 4 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18094: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

• informal term for a site near Buis Ranch that yielded a good skeleton of "C." dotti
NISP 4
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Caninae indet. Gill 1872 canine
"Vulpes"
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus aztecus Mooser 1968 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuinae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus dotti" = Spermophilus dotti
"Citellus dotti" = Spermophilus dotti Hibbard 1954 ground squirrel