Porcupine Butte (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 99.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Cap Rock Member (Ash Hollow Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18325: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Neohipparion affine n. sp. Leidy 1869 hipparionine horse
but provenance is questionable
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean
"mastodont"