Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 94.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
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 17093: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996
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Taxonomic list
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"Otionohyus bullatus" = Merycoidodon bullatus
"Otionohyus bullatus" = Merycoidodon bullatus Leidy 1869 oreodont "1/2-1 1/2 mi. N. of Cottonwood Pass"; "W. Big Corral Draw"; "divide... between Big and Little Corral Draws"; according to Stevens and Stevens 1996, also includes their "Otionohyus wardi" from "1/2 mi. N. of Cottonwood Pass (Big Corral Draw area)... 20' above top of lower nodules, middle Oreodon beds"
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