Dillon Pass (North) (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as SDSM Collection IV

Where: Pennington County, South Dakota (43.9° N, 102.4° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 94.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Lower Nodular Zone

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the SDSM

Primary reference: J. Clark and K. K. Kietzke. 1967. Paleoecology of the Lower Nodular Zone, Brule Formation, in the Big Badlands of South Dakota. Fieldiana 5(7):111-137 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17102: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• species-level i.d.s based on Damuth 1982, except for M. gracilis
NISP 114
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Stylemys sp. Leidy 1851 turtle
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
"Colodon dakotensis" = Colodon occidentalis
"Colodon dakotensis" = Colodon occidentalis Leidy 1868 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Mesohippus bairdi Leidy 1850 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Archaeotherium sp. Leidy 1850 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Hypertragulidae indet. Cope 1879 ruminant
Hypertragulus calcaratus Cope 1873 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Hypisodontidae
Hypisodus minimus Cope 1873 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx evansi Leidy 1853 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merycoidodon gracilis" = Miniochoerus gracilis
"Merycoidodon gracilis" = Miniochoerus gracilis Leidy 1851 oreodont
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon sp. Scott 1890 canid
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumys elegans Leidy 1856 mouse
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromys typus Leidy 1856 rodent
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
"Prosciurus relictus" = Altasciurus relictus
"Prosciurus relictus" = Altasciurus relictus Cope 1873 mountain beaver
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856 rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872 eutherian