Also known as DUPLICATE REF 3725 or 3745
Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.7° N, 102.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 94.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Scenic Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: A. E. Wood. 1937. The Mammalian Fauna of the White River Oligocene: Part II. Rodentia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 28(2):155-269 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 17179: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Peltosaurus granulosus2 Cope 1873 squamates USNM 10976, considerable number of dermal scutes in coprolites
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"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii3, Merycoidodon bullatus1, Miniochoerus starkensis1
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii3 Leidy 1848 oreodont "Merycoidodon culbertsoni osborni": "W. side of Sheep Mt. (Indian Creek area)"; "above base of Middle Oreodon"
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