Corral Draw (Lower Titanotherium Beds) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 93.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: H. F. Osborn. 1916. Two new Oligocene titanotheres. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35(40):1-4 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 16936: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

• relationship of unit to members of Clark and Beerbower 1967 unclear
"Brontops brachycephalus" Osborn 1929: specimen from lower beds of Corral Draw, but identity of specimen and geographic provenance both uncertain
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Trigonias osborni2 Lucas 1900 rhinoceros
"Lower Titanotherium Beds, West Fork of Corral Draw, Washington County"
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Menops walcotti1 Osborn 1916 brontothere