Southwest of Flattop ( of the United States)

Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.0° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 98.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: early Early Arikareean to early Early Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 17691: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Hadroleptauchenia densa" = Leptauchenia major
"Hadroleptauchenia densa" = Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont
"2 mi. SW. of Flattop" in "upper Gering"