Whitman (Orellan) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.0° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 96.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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 17303: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

• probably equivalent to "North of Node" Oligoscalops galbreathi "O. whitmanensis" type: Reed 1961; not clear that this is Orellan
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid
2 mi NE of Whitman Post Office, above PWL
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Daphoenus sp.1 Leidy 1853 bear-dog
"Scenic Member... NW of Whitman, S-Bar Creek, Niobrara Co."
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii2
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii2 Leidy 1848 oreodont
"Whitman Post Office area, due north of Node; Brule Zone A