North of Node (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.0° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 96.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17149: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
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Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid "North of Node Road... 20 ft below a channel"; possibly Chadronian, but I know of no Chadronian records from this locality
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Miniochoerus sp.1, "Stenopsochoerus douglasensis" = Miniochoerus chadronensis3, "Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii2
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii2 Leidy 1848 oreodont "Merycoidodon culbertsoni osborni": also "Otionohyus wardi"; Brule Zone A
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