Godsell Ranch (SDSM V-5410) ( of the United States)

Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 96.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the SDSM

Primary reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1970. Review of the Miocene Wounded Knee faunas of southwestern South Dakota. Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science 8:165-82 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/C. Bell]more details

PaleoDB collection 17517: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• "In heavy Miocene channel deposits" and nothing further is said about the stratigraphic position, although it is close to the Sharps localities; but Tedford et al. 1996 say it is a lateral equivalent of SDSM V-5410 possibly relevant: Archaeocyon pavidus Wang et al. 1999: "LACM loc. 1973, Godsell Ranch"
NISP 9 (est.)
Martin 1986 list the type of Leidymys ("Eumys") blacki as from SDSM V-5362; no other specimens from V-5410 have been referred to L. blacki contra Tedford et al. 1996
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Hesperotestudo sp.2 Williams 1950 turtle
SDSM 55159
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Capacikala gradatus Cope 1878 beaver
Palaeocastor sp.1 Leidy 1869 beaver
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Cynodesmus cooki" = Otarocyon cooki, "Nothocyon lemur" = Cynarctoides lemur
"Cynodesmus cooki" = Otarocyon cooki Macdonald 1963 bone-crushing dog
"Nothocyon lemur" = Cynarctoides lemur Cope 1879 bone-crushing dog
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999: "Cormocyon copei" of Tedford et al. 1996
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Sespia nitida3 Leidy 1869 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Leptomerycidae indet.1 Zittel 1893 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
"Nanotragulus intermedius" = Nanotragulus loomisi
"Nanotragulus intermedius" = Nanotragulus loomisi Lull 1922 ruminant