Flat Top Butte (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Fall River County, South Dakota (43.2° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 94.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Chadron Formation, Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens. 1996. Merycoidodontinae and Miniochoerinae. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 498-573 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 16967: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002
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Taxonomic list
• not clear if this is the same as Harris Ranch; Simpson 1985 reports that only "brontothere teeth" have been found in the Chadron of Harris Ranch
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Miniochoerus forsythae Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 oreodont | |