Sharps (SDSM V-5359): Geringian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Palaeogalidae
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Palaeogale dorothiae
Macdonald 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Paradaphoenus sp.
Wortman and Matthew 1899
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Hunt 1998 | |||||||||
LACM 1861 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Paradaphoenus tooheyi n. sp.
Hunt 2001
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Hunt 2001 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Nothocyon lemur
(Cope 1879)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Cynarctoides lemur | ||||||||||
(including specimen from "LACM 1891" = 1981? 1821?); confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Hesperocyon leptodus
(Schlaikjer 1935)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Archaeocyon leptodus | ||||||||||
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Cynodesmus cooki n. sp.
Macdonald 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Otarocyon cooki | ||||||||||
Sunkahetanka geringensis
(Barbour and Schultz 1935)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
= Philotrox condoni
Merriam 1906
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Wang 1994 | |||||||||
"Mesocyon" robustus
Matthew 1907
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= "Mesocyon" cf. temnodon
Wortman and Matthew 1899
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Wang 1994 | |||||||||
said to "probably" be temnodon | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Miohippus equiceps
(Cope 1878)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Chaenohyus decedens
Cope 1879
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Thinohyus sp.
Marsh 1875
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Hypertragulidae
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Nanotragulus intermedius
Schlaikjer 1935
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6 specimens | |||||||||
= Nanotragulus loomisi
Lull 1922
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
(includes estimated 1 maxillary) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Leptomeryx sp.
Leidy 1853
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2 specimens | |||||||||
= Leptomerycidae indet.
Zittel 1893
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Domnina dakotensis n. sp.
Macdonald 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Quadrodens wilsoni n. sp.
Macdonald 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proscalopidae
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Proscalops sp.
Matthew 1901
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Barnosky 1982 | |||||||||
Arctoryctes terrenus
Matthew 1907
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2 specimens | |||||||||
= Proscalops evelynae
Macdonald 1963
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Barnosky 1981 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Niglarodon koerneri
Black 1961
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1 specimen | |||||||||
described but accidentally omitted from list | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Capatanka cankpeopi
Macdonald 1963
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4 specimens | |||||||||
= Capatanka minor
Xu 1996
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Xu 1996 | |||||||||
in part, not clear if other valid specimens are present | ||||||||||
Palaeocastor nebrascensis
(Leidy 1856)
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= Palaeocastor sp.
Leidy 1869
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
see Xu 1996 | ||||||||||
Capacikala gradatus
(Cope 1878)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Proheteromys bumpi
Macdonald 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Proheteromys gremmelsi
Macdonald 1963
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Eumys blacki
Macdonald 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Leidymys blacki | ||||||||||
Eumys woodi
Macdonald 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Paciculus woodi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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? Megalagus cf. primitivus
(Schlaikjer 1935)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
(one listed as from "LACM 1918") | ||||||||||
Palaeolagus philoi
Dawson 1958
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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: | 30.80000 - 26.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories: | SDSM |
Taxonomic list comments:NISP 51 (including est. 15 Palaeocastor) |
Metadata
Also known as: | LACM 1821, LACM 1981 | ||
Database number: | 17635 | ||
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] | |
1016 | A. D. Barnosky. 1982. A New Species of Proscalops (Mammalia, Insectivora) from the Arikareean Deep River Formation, Meagher County, Montana. Journal of Paleontology 56(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
1977 | R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Amphicyonidae. 196-227 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
6226 | X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
3779 | X. Xu. 1996. Castoridae. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 412-432 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |