Oelrichs (Upper) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Fall River County, South Dakota (43.2° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 95.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Poleslide Member (Brule Formation), Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 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 17356: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

• this is NOT the Harris Ranch Badlands, which are 12 mi SE of Oelrichs: Simpson 1985
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Mesocyon" temnodon Wortman and Matthew 1899 canid
5 mi SE of Oelrichs, brown clay, Poleslide Mbr.
Archaeocyon pavidus Stock 1933 bone-crushing dog