6 mi. NW of Lingle ( of the United States)
Where: Goshen County, Wyoming (42.0° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 99.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Harrisonian (24.8 - 18.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by John Lynch, Everett De Groot, and Charles H. Falkenbach in 1931; reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1947. Merychyinae, a subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88(4):157-286 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17798: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
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Taxonomic list
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"Promerycochoerus (Pseudopromerycochoerus) minor" = Mesoreodon minor, "Merychyus siouxensis" = Paramerychyus harrisonensis
"Promerycochoerus (Pseudopromerycochoerus) minor" = Mesoreodon minor Douglass 1903 oreodont as ssp. "Promerycochoerus (Pseudopromerycochoerus) minor pygmyus" 6 mi NW of Lingle
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