UNSM Dw-105 (Lower Orella) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Dawes County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 95.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: lower Orella Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

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 17200: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii Leidy 1848 oreodont
includes their "M. culbertsoni osborni"; "Otionohyus wardi"; and "Genetochoerus periculorum"; latter is from "110' above Blue Ash" which authors believe to be above Orella A