Southeast Corner of Pinnacles (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Pennington County, South Dakota (43.9° N, 102.4° W: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 95.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Sharps Formation, Geringian (30.8 - 26.3 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 17668: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont