Rattlesnake Butte ( of the United States)

Where: Dawes County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 97.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. R. Thorpe. 1921. Leptauchenia Leidy and Cyclopidius (Pithecistes) Cope, with descriptions of new and little known forms in the Marsh Collection. American Journal of Science 1(5):405-419 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17594: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Leptauchenia cf. decora Leidy 1856 oreodont
also reports L. cf. decora "intermediate in size between L. decora and L. major"