Signal Butte (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska (41.8° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 97.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Gering Formation, Geringian (30.8 - 26.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1949. Promerycochoerinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 93(3):69-198 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17664: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merycoides nebraskensis n. sp." = Merycoides cursor
"Merycoides nebraskensis n. sp." = Merycoides cursor Douglass 1907 oreodont