Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 95.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Whitney Member (Brule Formation), Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 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 17398: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
"Pithecistes tanneri" = Leptauchenia decora, "Hadroleptauchenia primitiva" = Leptauchenia decora, "Pseudocyclopidius major" = Leptauchenia major, "Hadroleptauchenia shanafeltae" = Leptauchenia major, "Megasespia middleswarti" = Sespia ultima
"Pithecistes tanneri" = Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856 oreodont "Brule Zone D"; also present at locality "1/2 mi. E." of UNSM Mo-108
"Pseudocyclopidius major" = Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont
"Hadroleptauchenia shanafeltae" = Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont
"Megasespia middleswarti" = Sespia ultima Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 oreodont | |