Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 95.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Brule Formation, Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Reposited in the UNSM
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 17219: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
fauna spans Orella B through D (see)
"Prosciurus parvus" Korth 1989c: "Orella uncertain"
Mammalia | |
"Otionohyus wardi" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii, "Genetochoerus periculorum" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii, Miniochoerus affinis, Miniochoerus gracilis
"Otionohyus wardi" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii Leidy 1848 oreodont
"Genetochoerus periculorum" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii Leidy 1848 oreodont
Miniochoerus affinis Leidy 1869 oreodont includes their "M. battlecreekensis" and "Stenopsochoerus sternbergi"
Miniochoerus gracilis Leidy 1851 oreodont |