North Pit (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Ellis County, Oklahoma (36.1° N, 99.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.1° N, 94.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Ogallala Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18293: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Epicyon saevus Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog