Monroe Creek (LACM 1862): Monroecreekian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Grangerimus sp.
Wood 1936
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1 specimen | ||||||
= Pleurolicus sp.
Cope 1878
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Rensberger 1973 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Palaeocastor simplicidens
(Matthew 1907)
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1 specimen | ||||||
= Fossorcastor fossor
Peterson 1905
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
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, 96.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Monroecreekian | ||
Age range of interval: | 26.30000 - 24.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Monroe Creek | ||
Local section: | BgBad | Local bed: | 14 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories: | LACM |
Metadata
Database number: | 17549 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2011-04-21 20:03:51 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 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] | |
6267 | J. M. Rensberger. 1973. Pleurolicine rodents (Geomyoidea) of the John Day Formation, Oregon, and their relationships to taxa from the early and middle Miocene, South Dakota. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 102:1-95 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |