West of Joder (Upper Whitney) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 96.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Whitney Member (Brule Formation), Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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 17435: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodon major1, "Stenopsochoerus joderensis n. sp." = Miniochoerus starkensis2, "Miniochoerus (Paraminiochoerus) helprini n. sp." = Miniochoerus starkensis2
Merycoidodon major1 Leidy 1853 oreodont
"Stenopsochoerus joderensis n. sp." = Miniochoerus starkensis2 Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 oreodont
"From fauna! "Zone B" of Brule forma- tion, "Toadstool Park" area, W. of Joder, White River drainage, Sioux County, Nebraska"
"Miniochoerus (Paraminiochoerus) helprini n. sp." = Miniochoerus starkensis2 Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 oreodont
"From "Zone B" of Brule formation, W. of Joder, "Toadstool Park" area, White River drainage, Sioux County, Nebraska"