MV 6403 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Jefferson County, Montana (46.0° N, 112.0° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 103.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (Climbing Arrow Formation), Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: A. R. Tabrum, D. R. Prothero, and D. Garcia. 1996. Magnetostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Eocene-Oligocene transition, southwestern Montana. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 278-311 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 16994: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx cf. yoderi Schlaikjer 1935 ruminant
"appears to be" this species
Leptomeryx aff. speciosus Lambe 1908 ruminant
conspecific with McCarty's Mountain species