Sharps (SDSM V-5362) (Oligocene of the United States)
Also known as "The Needle"; LACM 1975
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: upper Member (Sharps Formation), Geringian (30.8 - 26.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Reposited in the SDSM
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 17638: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Martin 1986 states that there is no locality SDSM V-6263; this is just a lapsus for SDSM V-5362
NISP 34 (including est. 10 Palaeocastor)
NISP 34 (including est. 10 Palaeocastor)
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Mammalia | |
Capacikala gradatus Cope 1878 beaver | |
Proheteromys gremmelsi n. sp.
Proheteromys gremmelsi n. sp. Macdonald 1963 rodent | |
"Sanctimus clasoni" = Fanimus clasoni
"Sanctimus clasoni" = Fanimus clasoni Macdonald 1963 rodent | |
"Prosciurus dawsonae" = Campestrallomys dawsonae
"Prosciurus dawsonae" = Campestrallomys dawsonae Macdonald 1963 mountain beaver | |
"Eumys blacki n. sp." = Leidymys blacki
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"Meniscomys milleri n. sp." = Crucimys milleri
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Palaeolagus philoi Dawson 1958 rabbit
Palaeolagus hypsodus Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit | |
Enhydrocyon crassidens Matthew 1907 canid | |
Oxydactylus cf. wyomingensis Loomis 1936 camel | |
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Miohippus equiceps Cope 1878 anchitheriine horse | |
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