Sharps (SDSM V-542) (Oligocene of the United States)
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 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 17642: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "lower part" of Fm., less than 100' above SDSM V-549, which is said to be in the RFA; however, it cannot be determined if this is in Sharps Fauna A or B of Tedford et al. 1985 because their measured section is at least 100' longer than Macdonald's
NISP 14 (including est. 4 Palaeocastor)
NISP 14 (including est. 4 Palaeocastor)
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"Diceratherium gregorii" = Diceratherium armatum
"Diceratherium gregorii" = Diceratherium armatum Marsh 1875 rhinoceros | |
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Agriochoerus sp. Leidy 1850 agriochoerid | |
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Palaeolagus philoi Dawson 1958 rabbit
Palaeolagus hypsodus Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit | |
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