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)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: J. A. Lillegraven, M. C. McKenna, and L. Kristalka. 1981. Evolutionary relationships of middle Eocene and younger species of Centetodon (Mammalia, Insectivora, Geolabididae) with a description of the dentition of Ankylodon (Adapisoricidae). University of Wyoming Publication 45:1-115 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 17084: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
level unclear: Eutypomys hibernodus Korth 2000b: "Chamberlin Pass, Scenic Member" Daphoenus sp. Hunt 1998b: "Scenic Member... Chamberlain Pass, SE of Scenic"; "2 miles and 3 miles E of Scenic"
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Bathornis celeripes1 Wetmore 1933 bird "Brule Formation (lower Oreodon Beds), 30 feet south of road at west end of Chamberlain Pass, 1 1/2 miles east of Scenic, South Dakota; collected in 1932 by G. L. Jepsen"
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"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii2
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii2 Leidy 1848 oreodont "4 mi. SE. of Scenic"; includes their "M. culbertsoni osborni" from "4 1/2 mi. SE." and "4 mi. E." of Scenic; "Otionohyus wardi" from 4 mi. SE of Scenic; all Brule Zone A
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"Hoplophoneus insolens" = Hoplophoneus primaevus3
"Hoplophoneus insolens" = Hoplophoneus primaevus3 Leidy and Owen 1851 false sabre-tooth Chamberlain Pass
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Hesperocyon sp.4 Scott 1890 canid "lower oreodon beds, lower Brule Formation... Chamberlain Pass, Brule County, South Dakota"
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