Wolf Creek (SDSM V-521) (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

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the SDSM

Primary reference: M. Green. 1956. The lower Pliocene Ogallala-Wolf Creek vertebrate fauna, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):146-169 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

PaleoDB collection 18470: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

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Pisces
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"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
two spines
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
? Alilepus sp., Archaeolaginae indet.
? Alilepus sp. Dice 1931 rabbit
locality given by Green as V-5271, but this is surely a lapsus; see species list on p. 147
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Pliosaccomys cf. dubius
Pliosaccomys cf. dubius Wilson 1936 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Castoridae
"Eucastor planus" = Nothodipoides planus
"Eucastor planus" = Nothodipoides planus Stirton 1935 beaver
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomerycidae indet.
Palaeomerycidae indet. Lydekker 1883 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Cosoryx ? furcatus, Merycodus cf. major
Cosoryx ? furcatus Leidy 1869 pronghorn
Merycodus cf. major Frick 1937 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Pliauchenia cf. magnifontis
Pliauchenia cf. magnifontis Gregory 1939 camel
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
? Amebelodon sp.
? Amebelodon sp. Barbour 1927 gomphothere