Glenn Olson Quarry: Barstovian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Hyla sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Ambystoma minshalli
Tihen and Chantell 1963
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Lampropeltis similis
Holman 1964
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Elaphe nebraskensis
Holman 1964
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Salvadora sp.
Baird and Girard 1853
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Charina prebottae
Brattstrom 1958
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Reptilia
- Xantusiidae
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Xantusiidae indet.
Baird 1858
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Mammalia
- Insectivora
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Insectivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Limnoecus niobrarensis
Macdonald 1947
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus sp.
Cope 1878
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= Mylagaulidae indet.
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Plesiosminthus sp.
Viret 1926
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= Schaubeumys sp.
Wood 1935
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Megasminthus tiheni
Klingener 1966
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Macrognathomys sp.
Hall 1930
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= Macrognathomys gemmacolis n. sp.
Green 1977
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Green 1977 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Copemys sp.
Wood 1936
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Monosaulax sp.
Stirton 1935
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Heteromyidae indet.
Gray 1868
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Charles Mix |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 99.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° North, 95.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Miocene | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Barstovian |
| Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Randall | Member: | "rock rose" zone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: none given | |
| Environment: | "channel" |
| Geology comments: "stream channel" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve |
| Collection size: | 17 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SDSM |
| Collection method comments: "about 45 kilograms of matrix were collected" and screenwashed | |
| Taxonomic list comments:NISP 17 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | SDSM V-741 | ||
| Database number: | 18303 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-12-08 12:39:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1717. | M. Green and J. A. Holman. 1977. A late Tertiary stream channel fauna from South Bijou Hill, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 51(3):543-547 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
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] |