Java: Irvingtonian, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Semotelus sp.
? Noturus sp.
Etheostoma sp.
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782
Holman 1977
Rana catesbeiana Shaw 1802
Holman 1977
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768
Bufo woodhousei Girard 1854
Holman 1977
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Ambystoma tigrinum (Green 1825)
Holman 1977
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Colubridae
Elaphe vulpina (Baird and Girard 1853)
Holman 1977
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768
    = Nerodia sp. Baird and Girard 1853
Alroy 2007
Natrix sipedon (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1977
recombined as Nerodia sipedon
Thamnophis sirtalis Linnaeus
Holman 1977
Heterodon sp. Latreille 1801
Holman 1977
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Scincidae
Eumeces septentrionalis
Holman 1977
Reptilia - Teiidae
Cnemidophorus sp. Wagler 1830
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Phrynosoma douglassi
Holman 1977
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Chrysemys sp. Gray 1844
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Tisisthenes parvus Martin 1973
Martin 1973
(3 measurements)
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848
Mammalia - Camelidae
Tanupolama sp. Stock 1928
Martin 1989
    = Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Martin 1973
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792
Martin 1989
Blarina cf. carolinensis (Bachman 1837)
Martin 1989
confirmed by Jones et al. 1984
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen 1890)
Martin 1989
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus sykesae Martin 1989
Martin 1989
(6 measurements)
Tyrannomys harkseni Martin 1989
Martin 1989
Javazapus weeksi Martin 1989
Martin 1989
(6 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Onychomys pedroensis Gidley 1922
Martin 1989
Pliophenacomys cf. osborni Martin 1972
Martin 1989
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Martin 1989
Guildayomys cf. hibbardi Zakrzewski 1984
Martin 1989
Neotoma amplidonta n. sp. Zakrzewski 1985
Martin 1989
see Zakrzewski 1985
Hibbardomys zakrzewskii Martin 1989
Martin 1989
(1 measurement)
Hibbardomys cf. marthae Zakrzewski 1984
Martin 1989
(1 measurement)
Synaptomys kansasensis Hibbard 1952
Martin 1989
(6 measurements)
    = Mictomys kansasensis Hibbard 1952
Alroy 2002
Mimomys dakotaensis Martin 1989
Martin 1989
(1 measurement)
Microtus pliocaenicus (Kormos 1932)
Martin 1989
(1 measurement)
    = Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Kormos 1932
Alroy 2002
described by Martin 1975; see also Martin et al. 1998
Ondatra annectens (Brown 1908)
Martin 1989
(2 measurements)
Reithrodontomys moorei (Hibbard 1944)
Martin 1989
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825
Martin 1989
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor cf. canadensis Kuhl 1820
Martin 1989
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817
Martin 1989
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Martin 1989
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Prodipodomys idahoensis Hibbard 1962
Martin 1989
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
Martin 1989
    = Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875
Alroy 2002
Actinopteri - Centrarchiformes - Centrarchidae
Lepomis sp. Rafinesque 1819
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Notropis sp. Rafinesque 1818
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Catostomidae
Catostomus sp.
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictalurus sp. Rafinesque 1820
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
unclassified
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Dakota County:Walworth
Coordinates: 45.4° North, 99.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.5° North, 99.6° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:SDSM
Taxonomic list comments:"Cynomys sp." is "incorrectly identified": Goodwin 1995a
one or both of the Hibbardomys records are said by Repenning and Brouwers 1992 and Repenning 1992 to be Phenacomys, but this is not supported by Bell and Barnosky 2000; Sigmodon is also said to be present by Repenning
Metadata
Also known as:SDSM V-711
Database number:20389
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Head Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Head
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2007-09-07 20:28:18
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
2435. R. A. Martin. 1973. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences 18(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
45639 J. A. Holman. 1977. America's northernmost Pleistocene herpetofauna (Java, North-Central South Dakota). Copeia 1977(1):191-193 [J. Head/J. Head]
2434 R. A. Martin. 1973. Description of a New Genus of Weasel from the Pleistocene of South Dakota. Journal of Mammalogy 54(4):924-929 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
2441 R. A. Martin. 1989. Arvicolid Rodents of the Early Pleistocene Java Local Fauna from North-Central South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):438-450 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]