Northeast of Bridgeport (Arikaree) ( of the United States)

Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 97.3° 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 17569: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

• not in the Wildcat Ridge area
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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Megoreodon grandis, "Pseudocyclopidius lullianus" = Leptauchenia lullianus, "Leptauchenia margeryae" = Leptauchenia major
Megoreodon grandis Douglass 1907 oreodont
5 mi N, 2 mi E of Bridgeport in the "Monroe Creek"
"Pseudocyclopidius lullianus" = Leptauchenia lullianus Thorpe 1921 oreodont
"Pseudocyclopidius lullianus expiratus": "5 miles northeast of Bridgeport" in supposed "Monroe Creek"
"Leptauchenia margeryae" = Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont
"4-5 miles northeast of Bridgeport" in the "Monroe Creek"