South Cave Hills: Chadronian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Brontotheriidae indet.
(Marsh 1873)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Mesohippus sp.
Marsh 1875
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= Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Leptomeryx sp.
Leidy 1853
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= Leptomerycidae indet.
Zittel 1893
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Harding |
Coordinates: | 45.5° North, 103.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.8° North, 94.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Chadronian | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Chadron |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:IDs by Lewis |
Metadata
Database number: | 17021 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1362. | N. M. Denson and J. R. Gill. 1965. Uranium-bearing lignite and carbonaceous shale in the southwestern part of the Williston Basin - a regional study, with a section on heavy minerals in Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks associated with uranium occurrences. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 463:1-75 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |