Flint Hill South Unit 6: Hemingfordian, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Soricidae
Antesorex sp. Repenning 1967
Mammalia - Talpidae
Mystipterus cf. martini (Wilson 1960)
Mammalia - Proscalopidae
Mesoscalops sp. Reed 1960
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Parvericius cf. montanus Koerner 1940
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
cf. Miospermophilus sp. Black 1963
Mammalia - Rodentia
Proheteromys sp. Wood 1932
    = Geomyoidea indet. Bonaparte 1845
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Schizodontomys harkseni (Macdonald 1970)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Pseudotheridomys sp. Schlosser 1926
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Leidymys sp. Wood 1936
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus galbreathi Wilson 1960
    = Schaubeumys galbreathi Wilson 1960
Alroy 2002
Plesiosminthus cf. clivosus Galbreath 1953
recombined as Schaubeumys clivosus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Entoptychidae
cf. Gregorymys sp. Wood 1936
Mammalia - Rodentia - Florentiamyidae
cf. Sanctimus sp. Macdonald 1970
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotonidae indet. Thomas 1897
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
    = Archaeolaginae indet.
Alroy 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Dakota County:Bennett
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 101.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.9° North, 97.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Hemingfordian
Age range of interval:20.43000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Batesland
Local section:BgBad Local bed:17
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:SDSM
Metadata
Also known as:SDSM V-671, in part
Database number:17914
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:

2408. J. E. Martin. 1976. Small mammals from the Miocene Batesland Formation of South Dakota. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 14(2):69-98 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]