Monroe Creek (SDSM V-6224) (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 1986

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: Monroecreekian (26.3 - 24.8 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 17563: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• locality also ranges into the Sharps (see)
Macdonald accidentally lists the following taxa from the Sharps: "Prosciurus" dawsonae "Sanctimus" clasoni
NISP 2
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Fossorcastor fossor1
Fossorcastor fossor1 Peterson 1905 beaver
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Herpetotherium youngi2
Herpetotherium youngi2 McGrew 1937 marsupial
1Alroy 2002; 2Korth 1994