Also known as SDSM Collection III
Where: Pennington County, South Dakota (43.9° N, 102.4° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 94.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Scenic Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
• Lower Nodular Zone
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Reposited in the SDSM
Primary reference: J. Clark and K. K. Kietzke. 1967. Paleoecology of the Lower Nodular Zone, Brule Formation, in the Big Badlands of South Dakota. Fieldiana 5(7):111-137 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17103: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
species-level i.d.s based on Damuth 1982, except for M. culberstoni
NISP 66
"Leptauchenia sp." is omitted by Damuth
Reptilia | |
Stylemys sp. Leidy 1851 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Dinictis sp. Leidy 1854 false sabre-tooth | |
Hyracodon nebraskensis Leidy 1850 odd-toed ungulate | |
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii Leidy 1848 oreodont | |
Agriochoerus antiquus Leidy 1850 agriochoerid | |
Hypertragulus calcaratus Cope 1873 ruminant | |
Leptomeryx evansi Leidy 1853 ruminant | |
Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856 rabbit | |
Ischyromys typus Leidy 1856 rodent |