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Palaeotherium bairdii Leidy: Part A

Object Details

Geologic Age
Cenozoic - Paleogene - Oligocene - Orellan
Record Last Modified
17 Oct 2024
Skeletal Morphology
Skull elements, lower jaw, T-R-P2-M3+L-P3-M3, M3-AA, maxilla, T-R+L-P3-M3, L-M1-AA
Stratigraphy
White River Group - Brule Fm
Collection Date
13 May 1850
Collector
T. Culbertson
Place
Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
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Paleogeneral
Types: Mammals Terrestrial
Mammalia Primary Type
Paleobiology
Published Name
Palaeotherium bairdii Leidy
Mesohippus bairdi (Leidy, 1850)
Anchitherium bairdii (Leidy, 1850)
Data Source
NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
USNM Number
V2359
Type Citation
Leidy. 1852. Smithsonian Inst.Ann.Rept. 1851.
Leidy. 1850. Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia Proc. 5 122.
Scott, Jepsen. 1941. Am.Philos.Soc.Trans. 28,pt.5 911, 935.
Osborn. 1918. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Mem. 2,pt.1 (n.5): 46.
Marsh. 1875. Am.Jour.Sci. 9,ser.3 (n.51): 248.
Leidy, Owen. 1852. Rept.Geol.Survey Wisconsin, Iowa And Minnesota. 572.
Leidy. 1854. Smithsonian Contr.Knowledge. 6 67-71, pl.10,f.14,pl.11,f.3,4,6,7,+8.
Leidy. 1871. U.S.Geol.Geogr.Survey Terr.Rept. 362.
Leidy. 1869. Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia Jour. 7,ser.2 304.
Leidy. 1854. Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia Proc. 7 157.
Type Status
syntype
paratype
Taxonomy
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Perissodactyla Brontotheriidae
Record ID
nmnhpaleobiology_3428109
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/394082bce-81df-4389-990c-97117eecf4d7
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