Northeast of Battle Mountain (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Elko County, Nevada (41.0° N, 115.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 112.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 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 18989: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Ustatochoerus profectus" = Ustatochoerus major
"Ustatochoerus profectus" = Ustatochoerus major Leidy 1858 oreodont
includes type of "Ustatochoerus profectus nevadadensis":
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras medicornutum Osborn 1904 rhinoceros
"Battle Mountain Area"