Scenic, southwest (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: South Dakota (43.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 96.7° W)

When: Brule Formation, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• Metamynodon zone, Brule beds

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Wetmore. 1940. Fossil Bird Remains from Tertiary Deposits in the United States. Journal of Morphology 66(1):25-37 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 208807: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.04.2020

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Gruiformes - Aramidae
Badistornis aramus n. gen. n. sp.
Badistornis aramus n. gen. n. sp. Wetmore 1940 limpkin