AMNH Rosebud 7: Harrisonian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Entoptychidae
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Gregorymys curtus
(Matthew 1907)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Capatanka brachyceps
(Matthew 1907)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Fossorcastor brachyceps | ||||||||||
| this is the type of "Euhapsis" gaulodon of Matthew 1907, see Macdonald 1963; | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Cynodesmus vulpinus n. sp.
(Matthew 1907)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Leptocyon vulpinus | ||||||||||
| see Matthew 1907: | ||||||||||
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Mesocyon robustus n. sp.
Matthew 1907
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Paraenhydrocyon robustus | ||||||||||
| see Matthew 1907; | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Desmatochoerus curvidens
(Thorpe 1921)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Promerycochoerus carrikeri
Peterson 1907
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Promerycochoerus barbouri
Schultz and Falkenbach 1949
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Promerycochoerus carrikeri | ||||||||||
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Promerycochoerus montanus
(Cope 1884)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Promerycochoerus superbus | ||||||||||
| includes type of "Promerycochoerus montanus pinensis": | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Miohippus cf. gemmarosae
Osborn 1918
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Miohippus equinanus
Osborn 1918
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Parahippus pristinus n. sp.
Osborn 1918
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceratherium sp.
Marsh 1875
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| not described | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Shannon |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 102.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° North, 97.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4-5 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Key time interval: | Harrisonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.10000 - 18.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 20 specimens |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Harrison Fm." fauna is regarded as "late middle" Arikareean, pre-Harrison sensu stricto by Stevens 1991 NISP 20 (est.) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 17451 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2356. | J. R. Macdonald. 1970. Review of the Miocene Wounded Knee faunas of southwestern South Dakota. Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science 8:165-82 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/C. Bell] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 52058 | R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd] |