UALP 78120 ( of the United States)

Also known as SB5 of Lander 1998

Where: Yavapai County, Arizona (34.0° N, 112.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 106.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: early Late Arikareean to early Late Arikareean (30.8 - 20.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. B. Lander and E. H. Lindsay. 2011. Merychyus calaminthus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Oreodontidae) of probable early late Arikareean (late Oligocene to late early Miocene) age from the lower part of the Chalk Canyon Formation, Maricopa and Yavapai counties, central Arizona. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1):215-226 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157244: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 10.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus calaminthus Jahns 1940 oreodont