Little Badlands (Brule Zone B) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Stark County, North Dakota (46.9° N, 102.8° W: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 94.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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 17129: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

• F:AM locality from a restricted area
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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Miniochoerus starkensis n. sp.2, Merycoidodon bullatus1
Miniochoerus starkensis n. sp.2 Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 oreodont
"Brule Zone B"; "5' below top of nodules" 7 mi S of South Heart; includes their "M. helprini" from general area and "Platyochoerus heartensis" type from "Brule Zone B"; "top of nodules" 7 mi S of South Heart
Merycoidodon bullatus1 Leidy 1869 oreodont
1Alroy 2002; 2Schultz and Falkenbach 1956