Bloom Ranch: Whitneyan, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Leptochoeridae
Nanochoerus sp. Macdonald 1955
Macdonald 1957
    = Leptochoeridae indet. Marsh 1894
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Proterix loomisi Matthew 1903
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Dakota County:Shannon
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 102.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.3° North, 95.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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
Formation:Brule Member:Poleslide
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Museum repositories:SDSM
Taxonomic list comments:said to be just below the Arikaree contact and in the vicinity of Godsell Ranch
Metadata
Also known as:AMNH Rosebud 33; Godsell Ranch (in part); SDSM V-5411
Database number:17312
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:42
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2350. J. R. Macdonald. 1961. The Lower Dentition of Proterix loomisi Matthew?. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):632-633 [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]
2347 J. R. Macdonald. 1957. New Records of Leptochoerids from the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene of South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 31(3):673 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]