UNSM Sx-6 (Orella D) (Oligocene of the United States)

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: Orella D Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: W. W. Korth. 1989. Geomyoid rodents (Mammalia) from the Orellan (middle Oligocene) of Nebraska,. Los Angeles Museum of History, Science Series 33:31-46 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 17222: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

• "Oligospermophilus douglassi" Korth 1987: "Orella C or D"
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Miniochoerus starkensis1 Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 oreodont
Merycoidodon major1 Leidy 1853 oreodont
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Adjidaumo minutus Cope 1873 rodent
Orella D
 Rodentia -
Diplolophus insolens2 Troxell 1923 rodent
"Orella C3" = D according to Schultz and Stout 1955