Tyree Basin Locality 39 (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as DUPLICATE REF 3661 or 3662 or 3704

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: Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. A. Wilson. 1971. Early Tertiary vertebrate faunas, Vieja Group. Trans-Pecos Texas: Agriochoeridae and Merycoidodontidae. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 18:1-83 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17198: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• one of the 198 Big Badlands anthill sites of Johnson 1966
geographic location unclear, but the Tyree Basin is in Pennington County
derived from a Pleistocene channel fill that "rests on lower Brule"
single specimen of Neotoma (recent or Pleistocene) indicates some faunal mixing
NISP 498
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872 eutherian
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
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Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
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 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
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 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Domnina sp. Cope 1873 shrew
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 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Megalagus sp. Walker 1931 rabbit
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Palaeolagus sp. Leidy 1856 rabbit
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 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Scottimus sp. Wood 1937 mouse
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Eumys sp. Leidy 1856 mouse
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 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Aplodontidae indet. Brandt 1855 mountain beaver
Pelycomys sp. Galbreath 1953 mountain beaver
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 Rodentia - Castoridae
Agnotocastor sp. Stirton 1935 beaver
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 Rodentia - Eutypomyidae
Eutypomyidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent
 Rodentia - Heliscomyidae
Heliscomys sp. Cope 1873 rodent
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 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Adjidaumo sp. Hay 1899 rodent
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Paradjidaumo sp. Burke 1934 rodent
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 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromys sp. Leidy 1856 rodent
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 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae