Pettit (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as SDSM V-632

Where: Tripp County, South Dakota (43.2° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 96.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the SDSM

Primary reference: A. Tabrum. 1981. A contribution to the mammalian paleontology of the Ogallala group of South-Central South Dakota. M.S. thesis [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/B. Allen]more details

PaleoDB collection 18318: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equini indet. Quinn 1955 horse
Pseudhipparion sp. Ameghino 1904 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros