Also known as SDSM V-731; F.O. Quarry
Where: Charles Mix County, South Dakota (43.1° N, 98.3° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 95.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Fort Randall Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• from a "5-foot zone" (Skinner and Taylor 1967)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, red claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the SDSM
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: M. Green. 1985. Micromammals from the Miocene Bijou Hills local fauna, Southb Dakota. Dakoterra 2(2):141-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18397: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
"Tamiini indet." = Marmotini, Spermophilus sp.
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
Lignimus austridakotensis n. sp.4, Perognathus trojectioansrum4, Perognathus brevidens4, Cupidinimus smaragdinus n. sp.4, Mioheteromys arcarius4
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"Copemys cf. niobrariensis" = Copemys longidens1
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Megasminthus tiheni2 Klingener 1966 jumping mouse "Peromyscus (Copemys)" of Stout in Skinner and Taylor 1967
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Ochotonidae indet. Thomas 1897 pika
Russellagus cf. vonhofi Storer 1970 pika | |
Hypolagus cf. vetus Kellogg 1910 rabbit | |
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Merycodus necatus n. gen. n. sp.6
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Merychippus insignis n. gen. n. sp.6
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Adeloblarina cf. berklandi Repenning 1967 red-toothed shrew | |
"Scalopoides" sp. Wilson 1960 mole | |
Plesiosorex sp. Pomel 1848 placental | |
Parvericius montanus, "Brachyerix cf. incertis" = Metechinus fergusoni
Parvericius montanus Koerner 1940 hedgehog
"Brachyerix cf. incertis" = Metechinus fergusoni Henshaw 1942 hedgehog | |
Reptilia | |
Ameiseophis robinsoni3, Salvadora paleolineata3, Paleoheterodon tiheni3, Dakotaophis greeni3, Neonatrix elongata3
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