Hemingford Area (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Dawes County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 99.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Runningwater Formation, Early/Lower Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F. V. Hayden in 1857; reposited in the ANSP

Primary reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1940. Merycochoerinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77(5):213-306 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234755: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 14.05.2024

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycochoerus proprius n. gen. n. sp., Merychyus elegans n. gen. n. sp.
Merycochoerus proprius n. gen. n. sp. Leidy 1858 oreodont
Merychyus elegans n. gen. n. sp. Leidy 1858 oreodont