Rosebud Agency (Gidley Collection) ( of the United States)

Where: Todd County, South Dakota (43.2° N, 100.7° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 94.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Rosebud Formation, Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: 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]more details

PaleoDB collection 17601: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998

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Taxonomic list

• specimen of Merychyus arenarum mentioned by Schultz and Falkenbach 1947 is from near Flint Hill
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Promylagaulus cf. riggsi McGrew 1941 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Fossorcastor brachyceps Matthew 1907 beaver