West of Grass Creek Area (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 95.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Poleslide Member (Brule Formation), Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17429: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynodesmus thooides Scott 1893 canid
80 ft below Rockyford Ash in "basal" Leptauchenia beds