French Creek (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Custer County, South Dakota (43.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 94.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: E. L. Troxell. 1920. Entelodonts in the Marsh Collection; Part III. The larger genera and species. American Journal of Science 50(300):431-445 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 16969: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• presumably this is in the Badlands
"Lower Oligocene"; "north bank of the Cheyenne River between French and Battle creeks"; French Creek is west of Battle Creek Canyon
"Lower Oligocene"; "north bank of the Cheyenne River between French and Battle creeks"; French Creek is west of Battle Creek Canyon
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"Parictis dakotensis" = Subparictis dakotensis2
"Parictis dakotensis" = Subparictis dakotensis2 Clark 1936 carnivoran Chadron Fm., Stebbins Ranch between Battle and French Creeks, near Folsom, Custer Co.
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Heteromeryx dispar4 Matthew 1905 protoceratid FMNH specimen from "Battle Creek Breaks, Custer Co." in Ahearn Mbr.
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Archaeotherium marshi n. sp. Troxell 1920 even-toed ungulate also reported by Sinclair 1922a and Scott 1940
? Megachoerus latidens n. sp.3 Troxell 1920 even-toed ungulate from "Probably upper Brule... Cheyenne River, a few miles E. of Battle Creek, So. Dak."
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Hyracodon sp. Leidy 1856 odd-toed ungulate | |
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