East of White Clay ( of the United States)

Where: Sheridan County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 96.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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 17503: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Leptauchenia parasimus" = Leptauchenia decora
"Leptauchenia parasimus" = Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856 oreodont
"2 1/2 miles east of White Clay, along Nebraska-South Dakota state line" in the "upper Gering"