Also known as Big Pig Dig
Where: Pennington County, South Dakota (43.9° N, 102.4° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 94.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Scenic Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
• 6.4 m above base of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• "Over 6,000 bones": Cavin et al. 2002
Primary reference: K. K. Stevens. 1995. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 27(3):88 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17089: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•"no bone transport" so MNI seems appropriate
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Mammalia | |
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Subhyracodon sp. Wood 1927 rhinoceros | |
Mesohippus sp. Marsh 1875 anchitheriine horse | |
Archaeotherium sp. Leidy 1850 even-toed ungulate | |
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