Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 98.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Arikareean (30.8 - 20.4 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 17604: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
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Taxonomic list
North Platte river drainage
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"Desmatochoerus sanfordi n. sp." = Mesoreodon minor2, "Mesoreodon cheeki" = Mesoreodon minor1, "Leptauchenia parasimus" = Leptauchenia decora
"Leptauchenia parasimus" = Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856 oreodont "upper Gering" at "Joe Sanford Ranch, N. of Mitchell"
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