Sharps (SDSM V-5361) (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 1983

Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 95.8° W)

• 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 17637: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• NISP 22 (including est. 6 Palaeocastor)
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Sunkahetanka pahinsintewakpa n. sp." = Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa, Archaeocyon leptodus3
"Sunkahetanka pahinsintewakpa n. sp." = Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa Macdonald 1963 canid
Archaeocyon leptodus3 Schlaikjer 1935 bone-crushing dog
 Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Nanotragulus loomisi1
Nanotragulus loomisi1 Lull 1922 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Leptauchenia major1
Leptauchenia major1 Leidy 1856 oreodont
 Primates - Ekgmowechashalidae
Ekgmowechashala philotau
Ekgmowechashala philotau Macdonald 1963 primate
 Rodentia - Florentiamyidae
Fanimus clasoni1
Fanimus clasoni1 Macdonald 1963 rodent
 Rodentia - Allomyidae
Downsimus chadwicki2
Downsimus chadwicki2 Macdonald 1970 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Palaeocastor peninsulatus4, Capacikala gradatus
Palaeocastor peninsulatus4 Cope 1881 beaver
presumably "P. nebrascensis"
Capacikala gradatus Cope 1878 beaver
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
? Megalagus cf. primitivus, Palaeolagus philoi
? Megalagus cf. primitivus Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit
Palaeolagus philoi Dawson 1958 rabbit
1Alroy 2002; 2Storer 2002; 3Wang et al. 1999; 4Xu 1996