UNSM Sx-8 (Orella C) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 95.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Orella Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UNSM

• list incomplete

Primary reference: W. W. Korth and M. E. Diamond. 2002. Review of Leptomeryx (Artiodactyla, Leptomerycidae) from the Orellan (Oligocene) of Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 71(2):107-129 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23834: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 22.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx elissae n. sp. Korth and Diamond 2002 ruminant