Oelrichs (Lower) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Fall River County, South Dakota (43.2° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 95.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: 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 17151: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• this is NOT in the Harris Ranch badlands, being closer to the town of Oelrichs
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodon bullatus Leidy 1869 oreodont