Wewela (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Tripp County, South Dakota (43.1° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 93.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Turtle Butte Formation, Monroecreekian (26.3 - 24.8 Ma)
• age based on Bailey 2004
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1968. Cenozoic rocks and faunas of Turtle Butte, south-central South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 138(7) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17723: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
Archaeotherium trippensis n. sp.
Archaeotherium trippensis n. sp. Skinner et al. 1968 even-toed ungulate | |
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Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
"Megoreodon hollandi" = Megoreodon grandis, "Merychyus siouxensis" = Paramerychyus harrisonensis
"Megoreodon hollandi" = Megoreodon grandis Douglass 1907 oreodont
"Merychyus siouxensis" = Paramerychyus harrisonensis Peterson 1907 oreodont | |
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"Archaeohippus equinanus" = Miohippus equinanus
"Archaeohippus equinanus" = Miohippus equinanus Osborn 1918 anchitheriine horse | |
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Caninae indet. Gill 1872 canine | |