Sharps (SDSM V-5357): Geringian, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Hypertragulidae
Nanotragulus intermedius Schlaikjer 1935
11 specimens
    = Nanotragulus loomisi Lull 1922
Alroy 2002
(includes estimated 5 maxillaries)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale dorothiae n. sp. Macdonald 1963
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Nothocyon roii Macdonald 1963
1 specimen
    = Cynarctoides roii Macdonald 1963
Alroy 2002
Nothocyon lemur (Cope 1879)
2 specimens
    = Archaeocyon leptodus Schlaikjer 1935
Wang et al. 1999
Mammalia - Proscalopidae
Arctoryctes terrenus Matthew 1907
2 specimens
    = Proscalops evelynae Macdonald 1963
Barnosky 1981
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
? Megalagus cf. primitivus (Schlaikjer 1935)
1 specimen
Palaeolagus hypsodus Schlaikjer 1935
2 specimens
Palaeolagus philoi Dawson 1958
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Prosciurus dawsonae Macdonald 1963
1 specimen
    = Campestrallomys dawsonae Macdonald 1963
Alroy 2002
    = Protospermophilus sp. Gazin 1930
Storer 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Grangerimus dakotensis Macdonald 1963
1 specimen
    = Tenudomys dakotensis Macdonald 1963
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Palaeocastor nebrascensis (Leidy 1856)
    = Palaeocastor sp. Leidy 1869
Alroy 2002
see Xu 1996
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 Member:middle
Local section:BgBad Local bed:12
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:SDSM
Taxonomic list comments:NISP 31 (including est. 8 Palaeocastor)
Metadata
Also known as:LACM 1984
Database number:17633
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]
1015 A. D. Barnosky. 1981. A skeleton of Mesoscalops (Mammalia, Insectivora) from the Miocene Deep River Formation, Montana, and a review of the proscalopid moles: evolutionary, functional, and stratigraphic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(3-4):285-339 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
7360 J. E. Storer. 2002. Small mammals of the Kealey Springs local fauna (early Arikareean; late Oligocene) of Saskatchewan. Paludicola 3(4):105-133 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
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]