Wolf Creek (SDSM V-5324) (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 18481: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equini indet.1, "Pliohippus martini" = Calippus martini, "Neohipparion occidentale" = Cormohipparion occidentale, "Nannippus cf. gratus" = Pseudhipparion gratum
Equini indet.1 Quinn 1955 horse
"Pliohippus martini" = Calippus martini Hesse 1936 horse
"Neohipparion occidentale" = Cormohipparion occidentale Leidy 1856 hipparionine horse
"Nannippus cf. gratus" = Pseudhipparion gratum Leidy 1869 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp.
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Parablastomeryx gregorii2
Parablastomeryx gregorii2 Frick 1937 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
"Merycodus furcatus" = Cosoryx furcatus
"Merycodus furcatus" = Cosoryx furcatus Leidy 1869 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus sp.
Pseudaelurus sp. Leidy 1858 cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
1Alroy 2002; 2Prothero 2008