UNSM Sx-21 (Whitney A) (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: lower Whitney Member (Brule Formation), Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: P. Edwards. 1976. The subfamily Leptochoerinae (Artiodactyla, Dichobunidae) of North America (Oligocene). Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 14(2):99-113 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 17416: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Leptochoeridae
Leptochoerus elegans Macdonald 1955 even-toed ungulate
Whitney A
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856 oreodont