Upper Nodular Zone (1892 AMNH Collection): Orellan, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Leptictis haydeni
Leidy 1868
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Amynodontidae
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Metamynodon sp.
Scott and Osborn 1887
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyracodontidae
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Hyracodon sp.
Leidy 1856
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aceratherium occidentale
(Leidy 1850)
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recombined as Subhyracodon occidentalis | |||||||
Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Leptomeryx evansi
Leidy 1853
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Poebrotherium wilsoni
Leidy 1847
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Oreodon bullatus
Leidy 1869
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recombined as Merycoidodon bullatus | |||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Nimravidae
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Dinictis felina
Leidy 1854
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Hoplophoneus primaevus
(Leidy and Owen 1851)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Daphoenus sp.
Leidy 1853
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon crucians
Leidy 1853
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Hyaenodon cruentus
Leidy 1853
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= Hyaenodon horridus
Leidy 1853
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Palaeolagus haydeni
Leidy 1856
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Ischyromys typus
Leidy 1856
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Pennington and Scenic |
Coordinates: | 43.9° North, 102.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.0° North, 94.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Orellan | ||
Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 31.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Brule | Member: | upper Scenic |
Local section: | BgBad | Local bed: | 5 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Taxonomic list comments:based on Osborn 1937, this is mostly from Indian Creek, Corral Draw, and Quinn Draw |
Metadata
Database number: | 17295 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1995-10-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:42 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2711. | H. F. Osborn and J. L. Wortman. 1894. Fossil mammals of the Lower Miocene White River beds. Collection of 1892. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 6(7):199-228 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |