UNSM Sx-4 (Above UAZ): Whitneyan - Arikareean, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Pseudocyclopidius major
(Leidy 1856)
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| original and current combination Leptauchenia major | ||||||||||
| "lower Gering" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Sioux |
| Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 103.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 97.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Key time interval: | Whitneyan - Arikareean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 31.80000 - 18.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Brule | Member: | upper Whitney |
| Local section: | PineR | Local bed: | 8 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UNSM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | "Sx-4" possibly a typo? | ||
| Database number: | 17716 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1996-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-10-05 14:33:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1996-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |