Sharps (SDSM V-624) (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 1974

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 17649: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• NISP 6 (including est. 2 Palaeocastor)
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale dorothiae
Palaeogale dorothiae Macdonald 1963 carnivoran
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Quadrodens wilsoni1
Quadrodens wilsoni1 Macdonald 1970 mole
 Theriamorpha - Proscalopidae
Proscalops sp.
Proscalops sp. Matthew 1901 placental
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Palaeocastor sp.1
Palaeocastor sp.1 Leidy 1869 beaver
 Primates - Ekgmowechashalidae
Ekgmowechashala philotau
Ekgmowechashala philotau Macdonald 1963 primate
Aves
 Gruiformes - Bathornithidae
Bathornis minor n. sp.2
Bathornis minor n. sp.2 Cracraft 1971 bird
1Alroy 2002; 2Cracraft 1971