5 miles west of Cheyenne River midway bn. French & Battle Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Where: South Dakota (43.8° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 94.3° W)

When: Ahearn Member (Chadron Formation), Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, white marl

• In a grayish white marl and chalcedony gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the YPM

Primary reference: S. G. Lucas and R. M. Schoch. 1982. Duchesneodus, a New Name for Some Titanotheres (Perissodactyla, Brontotheriidae) from the Late Eocene of Western North America. Journal of Paleontology 56(4):1018-1023 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168799: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 29.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Teleodus avus n. gen. n. sp.
Teleodus avus n. gen. n. sp. Marsh 1890 brontothere