Slim Buttes Brule F (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V68159 (Backward Butte), Reva Gap

Where: Harding County, South Dakota (45.5° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 95.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (float)

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 17384: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 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
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Centetodon aff. wolffi3 Macdonald 1965 placental
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Domnina gradata3 Cope 1873 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Proscalopidae
Proscalops sp.3 Matthew 1901 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Proterix loomisi3 Matthew 1903 hedgehog
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Daphoenus sp. Leidy 1853 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon sp. Scott 1890 canid
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Dinictis sp. Leidy 1854 false sabre-tooth
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
 Artiodactyla - Leptochoeridae
Leptochoeridae indet.1 Marsh 1894 even-toed ungulate
Leptochoerus sp. Leidy 1856 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodontidae indet.1 Cook 1912 oreodont
Leptaucheniinae indet.1 Schultz and Falkenbach 1940 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet.1 Palmer 1897 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Leptomerycidae indet.1 Zittel 1893 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Hypisodontidae
Hypisodus sp. Cope 1873 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Agriochoerus sp. Leidy 1850 agriochoerid
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Miohippus sp. Marsh 1874 anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Hyracodon sp. Leidy 1856 odd-toed ungulate
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Megalagus sp. Walker 1931 rabbit
Palaeolagus sp. Leidy 1856 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumys sp. Leidy 1856 mouse
Scottimus lophatus Wood 1937 mouse
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromys sp. Leidy 1856 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Agnotocastor sp. Stirton 1935 beaver
 Rodentia - Heliscomyidae
Heliscomys sp. Cope 1873 rodent
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Paradjidaumo sp. Burke 1934 rodent
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Aplodontidae indet.1, "Dakotamys lillegraveni n. sp." = Dakotallomys lillegraveni, "Dakotamys pelycomyoides n. sp." = Dakotallomys pelycomyoides, Leptoromys wilsoni4
Aplodontidae indet.1 Brandt 1855 mountain beaver
"Dakotamys lillegraveni n. sp." = Dakotallomys lillegraveni Tedrow and Korth 1997 mountain beaver
Reva Gap; "Pelycomys sp."
"Dakotamys pelycomyoides n. sp." = Dakotallomys pelycomyoides Tedrow and Korth 1997 mountain beaver
UCMP V-68159, Backward Butte
Leptoromys wilsoni4 Tedrow and Korth 1997 mountain beaver
Reva Gap
 Rodentia - Allomyidae
Allomys storeri n. sp.4 Tedrow and Korth 1997 rodent
UCMP V-68159
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Leptictidae indet.1 Gill 1872 eutherian
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Peltosaurus sp.2 Cope 1873 squamates