Mission Roadside Site (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Todd County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 100.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.5° N, 93.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Valentine Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

• "Late Barstovian"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-D. Lim and L. D. Martin. 2002. A new fossil mustelid from the Miocene of South Dakota, USA. Naturwissenschaften 89(6):270-274 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105967: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Hypsoparia timmi n. sp." = Leptarctus primus
"Hypsoparia timmi n. sp." = Leptarctus primus Leidy 1856 mustelid carnivore