Upper Brown Siltstone ( of the United States)

Also known as UNSM Bx-59a, Schomp Ranch (Sioux Co.)

Where: Box Butte and Sioux County, Nebraska (42.3° N, 103.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 97.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: R. H. Tedford, J. B. Swinehart, R. M. Hunt, Jr. and M. R. Voorhies. 1985. Uppermost White River and lowermost Arikaree rocks and faunas, White River Valley, north-western Nebraska and their correlation with South Dakota. Dakoterra 2(2):335-352 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 17719: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• assigned to the Monroe Creek Fm. by Yatkola 1978
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae1
"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae1 Trouessart 1879 marsupial
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceratherium annectens3 Marsh 1873 rhinoceros
"Early Arikareean, Gering Formation, Schomp Ranch, 8.5 miles north of Mitchell, Sioux County, Nebraska"
Diceratherium armatum3 Marsh 1875 rhinoceros
"Early Arikareean, Gering Formation, Schomp Ranch, 8.5 miles north of Mitchell, Sioux County, Nebraska"
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Sespia sp., Leptauchenia cf. major1, "Desmatochoerinae indet." = Promerycochoerinae
Sespia sp. Stock 1930 oreodont
Leptauchenia cf. major1 Leidy 1856 oreodont
"Desmatochoerinae indet." = Promerycochoerinae Schultz and Falkenbach 1949 oreodont
at Bx-59a
 Carnivora - Canidae
Enhydrocyon sp. Cope 1879 canid
at Bx-59a
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Campestrallomys siouxensis2 Korth 1989 mountain beaver
Schomp Ranch
 Rodentia -
Geomyoidea indet.1 Bonaparte 1845 rodent