UNSM Sx-12 (Whitney A): Whitneyan, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Oropyctis pediasius n. sp.
Korth 1989
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merycoidodon lynchi
(Schultz and Falkenbach 1968)
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Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 | |||||||||
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= Merycoidodon major
Leidy 1853
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Leptauchenia harveyi
Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
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Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 | |||||||||
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= Leptauchenia decora
Leidy 1856
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Miniochoerus ottensi
Schultz and Falkenbach 1956
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Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 | |||||||||
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= Miniochoerus starkensis
Schultz and Falkenbach 1956
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| also their "Platyochoerus hatcreekensis" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Leptochoeridae
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Leptochoerus spectabilis
Leidy 1856
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Edwards 1976 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Sioux |
| Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 103.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 96.3° 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: | Whitneyan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 31.80000 - 29.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Museum repositories: | UNSM |
| Taxonomic list comments:oreodonts are from "Brule Zone C" | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Meng Ranch, in part | ||
| Database number: | 17409 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1996-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1996-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2114. | W. W. Korth. 1989. Aplodontid Rodents (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) Brule Formation, Nebraska. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):400-414 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1426 | P. Edwards. 1976. The subfamily Leptochoerinae (Artiodactyla, Dichobunidae) of North America (Oligocene). Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 14(2):99-113 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 3068 | C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1956. Miniochoerinae and Oreonetinae two new subfamilies of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 109(4):373-482 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 3069 | C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1968. The Phylogeny of the Oreodonts. Part 1: Merycoidodontinae, Eporeodontinae, and Leptaucheniinae, Three Subfamilies Of Oreodonts, With an Appendix to the Revision Of The Merycoidodontidae, and Part 2. Summary and Conclusions Concerning the Merycoidodontidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 139:1-498 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |