Sheep Mountain Road (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 94.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17181: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

• not clear how close this is to either Scenic or Sheep Mountain
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid
1 mi N of road in Middle Oreodon beds