Banded Silts (Princeton) (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Pennington County, South Dakota (43.9° N, 102.4° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 94.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Scenic Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1924. The Faunas of the Concretionary Zones of the Oreodon Beds, White River Oligocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 63(1):94-133 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 17061: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• 30' above Lower Nodular Zone; Middle Oreodon of Osborn
geographic location unclear, but possibly near the Banded Buttes Overlook in the park
geographic location unclear, but possibly near the Banded Buttes Overlook in the park
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Mammalia | |
Eumys elegans Leidy 1856 mouse | |
Merycoidodon bullatus Leidy 1869 oreodont |