Cuny Table (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: M. Green and J. E. Martin. 1976. Peratherium (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) from the Oligocene and Miocene of South Dakota. In C. S. Churcher (ed.), Athlon, Essays on Palaeontology in Honour of Loris Shano Russell: Life Sciences Miscellaneous Publications of the Royal Ontario Museum 155-168 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 17097: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

• Cuny Table is just south of Cottonwood Pass
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Herpetotherium fugax1 Cope 1873 marsupial
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Mesocyon" temnodon2 Wortman and Matthew 1899 canid
2 mi SW of Swallow's, Cuny Table, lower Oreodon beds
 Artiodactyla - Leptochoeridae
Leptochoerus elegans1 Macdonald 1955 even-toed ungulate