Slim Buttes Brule C (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Harding County, South Dakota (45.5° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 94.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: J. A. Lillegraven. 1970. Stratigraphy, Structure, and Vertebrate Fossils of the Oligocene Brule Formation, Slim Buttes, Northwestern South Dakota. Geological Society America Bulletin 81:831-850 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 17188: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
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Palaeolagus sp. Leidy 1856 rabbit | |
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Eumys sp. Leidy 1856 mouse
Scottimus exiguus Wood 1937 mouse | |
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Hesperocyon sp. Scott 1890 canid | |
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Dinictis sp. Leidy 1854 false sabre-tooth | |
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Miohippus sp. Marsh 1874 anchitheriine horse | |
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Hyracodon sp. Leidy 1856 odd-toed ungulate | |
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Archaeotherium sp. Leidy 1850 even-toed ungulate | |
Merycoidodontidae indet.1, "Stenopsochoerus berardae n. sp." = Miniochoerus starkensis3, "Genetochoerus (Osbomohyus) geygani n. sp." = Merycoidodon bullatus4
"Stenopsochoerus berardae n. sp." = Miniochoerus starkensis3 Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 oreodont "From "Zone C" of Brule formation, 2 mi. S. of Reva Gap, E. side of Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota"
"Genetochoerus (Osbomohyus) geygani n. sp." = Merycoidodon bullatus4 Leidy 1869 oreodont "From oreodont faunal "Zone C" of Brule Formation, "35' below Leptauchenia-like nodules," White River drainage, 5 mi. NW. of Slim Butte, Shannon County, South Dakota;"
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Agriochoerus sp. Leidy 1850 agriochoerid | |
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Hypertragulus sp. Cope 1874 ruminant | |
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Hypisodus sp. Cope 1873 ruminant | |
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