Sharps (LACM 1994) (Oligocene of the United States)
Also known as Wolff Ranch Badlands
Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 95.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sharps Formation, Geringian (30.8 - 26.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: 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]more details
PaleoDB collection 17609: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002
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Capatanka sp. Macdonald 1963 beaver |