Sheep Mountain (Sharps A) (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
When: Sharps Formation, Geringian (30.8 - 26.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 17663: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• possibly relevant: Cynarctoides lemur Wang et al. 1999: "Shannon County... lower part of Sharps Formation, 12 ft above the Rockyford Ash"
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Archaeocyon pavidus Stock 1933 bone-crushing dog "Southeast corner of Sheep Mountain in lower part of Sharps Formation... 15 ft above base of Rockyford Ash"; second specimen "18 ft above the base of the Rockyford Ash"
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"Pithecistes mariae n. sp." = Leptauchenia decora, "Pseudocyclopidius major" = Leptauchenia major
"Pithecistes mariae n. sp." = Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856 oreodont "S. end of Sheep Mt. '25' above base of first white layer'"; also "23' above" white layer at same locality, and "SE. corner of Sheep Mt., '26' above base of first white layer'"
"Pseudocyclopidius major" = Leptauchenia major Leidy 1856 oreodont "70 feet above base of first white layer, south end of Sheep Mountain"; also several specimens of their "Hadroleptauchenia shanafeltae" from "SE. corner of Sheep Mt., 12'-45' above first white layer"; also "S. end of Sheep Mt., 20'-70' above base of first white layer, S. of School of Mines Canyon"
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