Feyereisen Gap (Lower): Barstovian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Blastomerycini indet.
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Megasminthus sp.
Klingener 1966
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35 specimens | |||||||||
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= Megasminthus gladiofex n. sp.
Green 1977
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Green 1977 | |||||||||
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Plesiosminthus sp.
Viret 1926
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= Schaubeumys sp.
Wood 1935
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Green 1977 | |||||||||
| "P. sp. A"; not reported by Green 1977b; one specimen of three is M. gladiofex according to Korth 1980 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Monosaulax sp.
Stirton 1935
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mesogaulus sp.
Riggs 1899
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= Mylagaulidae indet.
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceidae indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Soricidae indet.
Fischer 1814
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Mammalia
- Plesiosoricidae
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Plesiosorex donroosai n. sp.
Green 1977
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Brachypsalis sp.
Cope 1890
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= Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Leptarctus sp.
Leidy 1856
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus sp.
Cope 1873
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= Borophaginae indet.
Simpson 1945
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merycoidodontidae indet.
Cook 1912
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Dromomerycini indet.
Frick 1937
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Tayassuidae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus sp.
Leidy 1856
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= Equinae indet.
Steinmann and Döderlein 1890
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aphelops sp.
Owen 1845
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Gregory |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 99.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.8° North, 96.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Feyer | Local bed: | 1 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SDSM |
| Taxonomic list comments:site of Green 1977c from the "middle" of the section is actually in Unit 4 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | SDSM V-733 in part; Main Quarry; Middle Quarry; Springer Unit 4 | ||
| Database number: | 18160 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-09-29 23:23:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1713. | M. Green. 1977. A new species of Plesiosorex Mammalia, Insectivora from the Miocene of South Dakota. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie unde Palaeontologie 1977(4):189-198 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1714 | M. Green. 1977. Neogene Zapodidae (Mammalia: Rodentia) from South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 51(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] |