UNSM Sx-39 (Lower Orella) (Oligocene of the United States)

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: X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17290: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

• entire fauna could be from Orella A
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Miniochoerus gracilis Leidy 1851 oreodont
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid
Orella A