Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 95.7° 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 17281: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii, "Otionohyus wardi" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii, Miniochoerus gracilis, "Miniochoerus battlecreekensis" = Miniochoerus affinis
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii Leidy 1848 oreodont includes their "M. culbertsoni osborni" and "Otionohyus wardi" (some of the latter from "E. of" Sx-31)
"Otionohyus wardi" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii Leidy 1848 oreodont
Miniochoerus gracilis Leidy 1851 oreodont
"Miniochoerus battlecreekensis" = Miniochoerus affinis Leidy 1869 oreodont | |