UNSM Sx-6 (Upper Whitney) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 96.3° 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 17407: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

• same as "10 mi. N. of Harrison, 2 1/2 mi. E. of Warbonnet Cr., W. end" according to Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
Munson Ranch area: Prothero 1996c
exact level unclear: Stibarus obtusilobus Edwards 1976a: Whitney
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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Leptauchenia major
Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont