Harris Ranch Unit B: Whitneyan, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Leptictis cf. dakotensis (Leidy 1868)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromys pliacus Troxell 1922
    = Ischyromys ? typus Leidy 1856
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Florentiamyidae
Proheteromys nebraskensis Wood 1937
recombined as Kirkomys nebraskensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
? Prosciurinae indet. Wilson 1949
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Paradjidaumo trilophus (Cope 1873)
recombined as Adjidaumo trilophus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumys sp. Leidy 1856
Eumys brachyodus Wood 1937
Eumys elegans Leidy 1856
Scottimus sp. Wood 1937
Scottimus exiguus (Wood 1937)
? Wilsoneumys planidens (Wilson 1949)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus burkei Schlaikjer 1935
Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856
? Palaeolagus intermedius Matthew 1899
Megalagus turgidus (Cope 1873)
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Proterix sp. Matthew 1903
Mammalia - Soricidae
Domnina gradata Cope 1873
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Centetodon cf. magnus (Clark 1936)
Mammalia - Proscalopidae
Proscalops tertius Reed 1961
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Hyracodon nebraskensis (Leidy 1850)
    = Hyracodon leidyanus Troxell 1921
Prothero 1996
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
? Miohippus sp. Marsh 1874
Mammalia
Leptochoerinae indet.
Mammalia - Hypertragulidae
Hypertragulus cf. calcaratus (Cope 1873)
Mammalia - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx cf. lenis Cook 1934
    = Leptomeryx cf. evansi Leidy 1853
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
? Merycoidodon sp. Leidy 1848
small
? Merycoidodon cf. bullatus (Leidy 1869)
probably includes "Otionohyus bullatus" of Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 from "5 mi. NW. of Slim Butte" in Shannon Co. Brule Zone C; and "Genetochoerus geygani" from same locality
Platyochoerus hatcreekensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1956
    = Miniochoerus starkensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1956
Schultz and Falkenbach 1956
from "5 mi. N.W. of Slim Butte"; also "Stenopsochoerus berardae" from both 5 and 7 mi NW of Slim Butte, all in Brule Zone C; presumably includes "M. sp."
Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856
includes "L. cf. harveyi"; presumably includes "L. harveyi" of Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 from "5 miles northwest of Slim Butte" in Brule Zone C
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838
Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Dinictis sp. (Leidy 1854)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
? Daphoenus sp. Leidy 1853
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon sp. Scott 1890
Mammalia
Herpetotherium cf. fugax (Cope 1873)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Dakota County:Fall River
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 103.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.2° North, 95.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Whitneyan
Age range of interval:33.30000 - 30.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Brule Member:Whitney
Local section:HarRn Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:not clear if this includes 1940 Thomson specimens of Miniochoerus affinis (Schultz and Falkenbach 1956) and "Paramerycoidodon wanlessi" (Schultz and Falkenbach 1968) from "Little Bad Lands, Oelrichs"
because this is equivalent to Whitney A, I assume it also equals "Brule Zone C" of F:AM collections
Metadata
Database number:17336
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:42
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3163. W. F. Simpson. 1985. Geology and paleontology of the Oligocene Harris Ranch Badlands, southwestern South Dakota. Dakoterra 2(2):303-333 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
6272 D. R. Prothero. 1996. Hyracodontidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 652-663 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3068 C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1956. Miniochoerinae and Oreonetinae two new subfamilies of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 109(4):373-482 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]