Slim Buttes Brule F: Whitneyan, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proscalopidae
Proscalops sp. Matthew 1901
Tedrow 1994
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Geolabis sp. Cope 1884
    = Centetodon aff. wolffi Macdonald 1965
Tedrow 1994
Mammalia - Soricidae
Domnina sp. Cope 1873
    = Domnina gradata Cope 1873
Tedrow 1994
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Proterix sp. Matthew 1903
    = Proterix loomisi Matthew 1903
Tedrow 1994
Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Dinictis sp. (Leidy 1854)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon sp. Scott 1890
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Daphoenus sp. Leidy 1853
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Miohippus sp. Marsh 1874
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Hyracodon sp. Leidy 1856
Mammalia - Leptochoeridae
Nanochoerus sp. Macdonald 1955
    = Leptochoeridae indet. Marsh 1894
Alroy 2002
could be Leptochoerus or Stibarus
Leptochoerus sp. Leidy 1856
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodon sp. Leidy 1848
    = Merycoidodontidae indet. Cook 1912
Alroy 2002
could be Miniochoerus
Leptauchenia sp. Leidy 1856
    = Leptaucheniinae indet. Schultz and Falkenbach 1940
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Perchoerus sp. Leidy 1869
    = Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Agriochoeridae
Agriochoerus sp. Leidy 1850
Mammalia - Hypisodontidae
Hypisodus sp. Cope 1873
Mammalia - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx sp. Leidy 1853
    = Leptomerycidae indet. Zittel 1893
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus sp. Leidy 1856
Megalagus sp. Walker 1931
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Agnotocastor sp. Stirton 1935
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heliscomyidae
Heliscomys sp. Cope 1873
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Paradjidaumo sp. Burke 1934
Mammalia - Rodentia - Allomyidae
Allomys storeri n. sp. Tedrow and Korth 1997
Tedrow and Korth 1997
UCMP V-68159
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromys sp. Leidy 1856
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Prosciurus sp. (Matthew 1903)
    = Aplodontidae indet. Brandt 1855
Alroy 2002
Leptoromys wilsoni Tedrow and Korth 1997
Tedrow and Korth 1997
Reva Gap
Dakotamys lillegraveni n. sp. Tedrow and Korth 1997
recombined as Dakotallomys lillegraveni
Reva Gap; "Pelycomys sp."
Dakotamys pelycomyoides n. sp. Tedrow and Korth 1997
recombined as Dakotallomys pelycomyoides
UCMP V-68159, Backward Butte
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Scottimus lophatus Wood 1937
Eumys sp. Leidy 1856
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Ictops sp. Leidy 1868
    = Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850
    = Didelphidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Reptilia
Peltosaurus sp. Cope 1873
ElShafie 2024
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Dakota County:Harding
Coordinates: 45.5° North, 103.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.5° North, 95.4° 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:31.80000 - 29.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local section:SlimB Local bed:6
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Miniochoerus "nicholsae" Schultz and Falkenbach 1956: type, "Brule Zone C" 2 mi S of Reva Gap, E side of Slim Buttes
"Stenopsochoerus berardae" Schultz and Falkenbach 1956: type, "Brule Zone C" 2 mi S of Reva Gap, E side of Slim Buttes
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V68159 (Backward Butte), Reva Gap
Database number:17384
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd
Modifier:P. Holroyd Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2024-01-08 02:34:00
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
2230. J. A. Lillegraven. 1970. Stratigraphy, Structure, and Vertebrate Fossils of the Oligocene Brule Formation, Slim Buttes, Northwestern South Dakota. Geological Society America Bulletin 81:831-850 [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]
87093 S. J. ElShafie. 2024. Body size estimation from isolated fossil bones reveals deep time evolutionary trends in North American lizards. PLoS ONE 19(1:e0296318):1-25 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
3387 A. R. Tedrow. 1994. Insectivores from the Orellan-Whitneyan transition at Reva Gap, Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
3389 A. R. Tedrow and W. W. Korth. 1997. New aplodontid rodents (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) of Slim Buttes, South Dakota. Paludicola 1(2):80-90 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]