Sharps (SDSM V-6218): Geringian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Archaeocyon leptodus
(Schlaikjer 1935)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hypertragulidae
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Nanotragulus intermedius
Schlaikjer 1935
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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= Nanotragulus loomisi
Lull 1922
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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? Megalagus cf. primitivus
(Schlaikjer 1935)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Palaeolagus philoi
Dawson 1958
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Proheteromys fedti
Macdonald 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Proharrymys fedti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Meniscomys milleri
Macdonald 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Crucimys milleri
Macdonald 1970
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| apparently the referred specimen from an unnamed locality | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Shannon |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 102.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° North, 95.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Geringian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 29.50000 - 24.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sharps |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | SDSM |
| Taxonomic list comments:NISP 6 (est.) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | LACM 1956 | ||
| Database number: | 17651 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2356. | J. R. Macdonald. 1970. Review of the Miocene Wounded Knee faunas of southwestern South Dakota. Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science 8:165-82 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/C. Bell] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 3558 | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |