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: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1968. The Phylogeny of the Oreodonts. Part 1: Merycoidodontinae, Eporeodontinae, and Leptaucheniinae, Three Subfamilies Of Oreodonts, With an Appendix to the Revision Of The Merycoidodontidae, and Part 2. Summary and Conclusions Concerning the Merycoidodontidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 139:1-498 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 17088: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
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"Mesohippus bairdii" = Mesohippus bairdi
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"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii Leidy 1848 oreodont includes their "M. culbertsoni osborni" from "6-8 mi. w. and 1-4 mi. N."; "6-7 mi. W. and 1 mi. S"; "7 mi. E and 2 mi. N."; and "1 mi. S." of Conata; "Paramerycoidodon georgei" from "6-7 mi. W. of Conata"; "Otionohyus wardi" from "7 1/2 mi. W." and "2 mi. S." of Conata; "Genetochoerus periculorum" from "2 mi. W. of Conata"; all Brule Zone A
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