Sharps (SDSM V-5354) (Oligocene of the United States)
Also known as LACM 1819; St. John's
Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 48.4° N, 88.7° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: upper Member (Sharps Formation), Geringian (30.8 - 26.3 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 17630: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Nicholas Famoso
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
• NISP 100 (including est. 30 Palaeocastor)
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Proscalops evelynae n. sp.
Proscalops evelynae n. sp. Macdonald 1963 placental includes "Arctoryctes terrenus" according to Barnosky 1981; (1 + 2 + 1 new)
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Arretotherium sp. Douglass 1902 anthracothere | |
"Diceratherium gregorii" = Diceratherium armatum
"Diceratherium gregorii" = Diceratherium armatum Marsh 1875 rhinoceros | |
"Archaeohippus equinanus" = Miohippus equinanus1
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? Palaeogale sp. von Meyer 1846 carnivoran | |
Cynarctoides roii1, Archaeocyon leptodus4, Hesperocyoninae indet.1, Cynodesmus thooides1, "Mesocyon" cf. temnodon3
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Meniscomys hippodus Cope 1878 mountain beaver | |
Hitonkala andersontau n. sp., Sanctimus stuartae n. sp.
Hitonkala andersontau n. sp. Macdonald 1963 rodent
Sanctimus stuartae n. sp. Macdonald 1970 rodent | |
"Proheteromys fedti n. sp." = Proharrymys fedti
"Proheteromys fedti n. sp." = Proharrymys fedti Macdonald 1963 rodent | |
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Capacikala gradatus Cope 1878 beaver | |
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Palaeolagus hypsodus Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit
Palaeolagus philoi Dawson 1958 rabbit
? Megalagus cf. primitivus Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit | |