Sharps (SDSM V-549) (Oligocene of the United States)

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: Rockyford 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 17645: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• equivalent to Sharps Fauna A
NISP 5
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus hypsodus Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Hyracodon sp. Leidy 1856 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Nanotragulus loomisi Lull 1922 ruminant
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
"Eusmilus cerebralis" = Hoplophoneus cerebralis
"Eusmilus cerebralis" = Hoplophoneus cerebralis Cope 1880 false sabre-tooth