Yellow Bear Quarry ( of the United States)

Also known as SDSM V-674

Where: Bennett County, South Dakota (43.2° N, 101.8° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 95.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Monroe Creek Formation, Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the SDSM

Primary reference: L. J. Macdonald. 1972. Monroe Creek (early Miocene) microfossils from the Wounded Knee area, South Dakota. South Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 105:1-43 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 17731: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

• see Martin 1985 for locality info
"exactly the same taxa... as are found at... V6229 and V6215"; I assume taxa to go along with given family names, using the V-6229/6215 lists as a guide
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Schaubeumys grangeri Wood 1935 jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
"cricetid"
 Rodentia - Entoptychidae
Gregorymys sp. Wood 1936 rodent
"pocket gopher"
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Heteromyidae indet. Gray 1868 rodent
"pocket mice"