Where: Washabaugh County, South Dakota (43.5° N, 101.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 95.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Sharps Formation, Geringian (30.8 - 26.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17589: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996
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Taxonomic list
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"Hadroleptauchenia shanafeltae" = Leptauchenia major, "Leptauchenia martini n. sp." = Leptauchenia decora
"Hadroleptauchenia shanafeltae" = Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont "E. side of Potato Creek" in "lower Gering" equivalent
"Leptauchenia martini n. sp." = Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856 oreodont "35' above lower white ashy later... E. side Potato Creek W. of Whitney White's Ranch"
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