Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 96.0° 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; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17401: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
"Hadroleptauchenia shanafeltae" = Leptauchenia major, "Leptauchenia decora" = Leptauchenia decora, "Pithecistes tanneri n. sp." = Leptauchenia decora, "Hadroleptauchenia primitiva" = Leptauchenia decora, "Genetochoerus chamberlaini n. sp." = Merycoidodon major, "Paramerycoidodon (Gregoryochoerus) meagherensis" = Mesoreodon chelonyx
"Hadroleptauchenia shanafeltae" = Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont
"Leptauchenia decora" = Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856 oreodont and "6-7 mi. E. and S. of Broadwater"
"Pithecistes tanneri n. sp." = Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856 oreodont "70 feet above lowest ash of Whitney" = Whitney B
"Hadroleptauchenia primitiva" = Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856 oreodont
"Genetochoerus chamberlaini n. sp." = Merycoidodon major Leidy 1853 oreodont
"Paramerycoidodon (Gregoryochoerus) meagherensis" = Mesoreodon chelonyx Scott 1893 oreodont | |