Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 96.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: 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 17714: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mesoreodon chelonyx Scott 1893 oreodont
Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont |