Battle Creek Draw (Brule A) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 94.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Scenic Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1968. The Phylogeny of the Oreodonts. Part 1: Merycoidodontinae, Eporeodontinae, and Leptaucheniinae, Three Subfamilies Of Oreodonts, With an Appendix to the Revision Of The Merycoidodontidae, and Part 2. Summary and Conclusions Concerning the Merycoidodontidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 139:1-498 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17065: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii, "Miniochoerus affinis" = Miniochoerus affinis2, "Miniochoerus battlecreekensis" = Miniochoerus affinis1
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii Leidy 1848 oreodont
Head of Battle Creek Draw and "between Battle Creek Draw and Battle Creek Canyon"; also "M. culbertsoni osborni" from BCD, head of BCD, E. side of BCD, and between BCD and Battle Creek Canyon; all Brule Zone A; "Paramerycoidodon georgei" Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 BCD Brule Zone A
"Miniochoerus affinis" = Miniochoerus affinis2 Leidy 1869 oreodont
replaces ID of Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 from "Battle Creek Draw area" Brule Zone A
"Miniochoerus battlecreekensis" = Miniochoerus affinis1 Leidy 1869 oreodont
"Battle Creek Draw area" Shannon Co., Brule Zone A