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
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Megoreodon grandis, "Pseudocyclopidius lullianus" = Leptauchenia lullianus, "Leptauchenia margeryae" = Leptauchenia major
"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"
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