Sharps (Cedar Pass Stream Channel) ( of the United States)
Also known as Sharps A
Where: Jackson County, South Dakota (43.5° N, 101.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 96.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: D. C. Parris and M. Green. 1969. Dinohyus (Mammalia: Entelodontidae) in the Sharps Formation, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 43(5):1277-1279 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 17606: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• 70' above Rockyford Ash
closely compared with Godsell Ranch
material of Tedford et al. 1996 is definitely from the same locality
closely compared with Godsell Ranch
material of Tedford et al. 1996 is definitely from the same locality
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? Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole | |
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Domnina sp. Cope 1873 shrew | |
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"Hadroleptauchenia shanafeltae" = Leptauchenia major
"Hadroleptauchenia shanafeltae" = Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont "channel deposits capping 'Leptauchenia beds' at Cedar Pass"; also "near Cedar Pass"; may include their "Pseudocyclopidius" major from "lower Gering" equivalent "1/4 to 1 mile east of Cedar Pass"
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Dinohyus sp. Peterson 1905 even-toed ungulate | |
"Ekgmoiteptecela olsontau" = Hoplophoneus cerebralis
"Ekgmoiteptecela olsontau" = Hoplophoneus cerebralis Cope 1880 false sabre-tooth as "Eusmilus olsontau"
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Hitonkala andersontau Macdonald 1963 rodent | |
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Nototamias sp. Pratt and Morgan 1989 squirrel "Tamias": probably the same as "Tamias" from Godsell Ranch Channel, referred to Nototamias by Korth 1992a
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