UNSM Bn-102 (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Banner County, Nebraska (41.5° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 97.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: lower Member (Gering Formation), Geringian (30.8 - 26.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

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 17707: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

• includes Bayard Quarry, which is in the upper Gering
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Sespia nitida Leidy 1869 oreodont
Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont