AMNH Rosebud 17 ( of the United States)

Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 97.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rosebud Formation, Harrisonian (24.8 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the AMNH

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 17748: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• NISP 10
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Promartes lepidus
Promartes lepidus Matthew 1907 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Tomarctus thomsoni" = Desmocyon thomsoni
"Tomarctus thomsoni" = Desmocyon thomsoni Matthew 1907 bone-crushing dog
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Phenacocoelus stouti" = Merycoides stouti, "Merychyus delicatus n. sp." = Merychyus minimus
"Phenacocoelus stouti" = Merycoides stouti Schultz and Falkenbach 1950 oreodont
"Merychyus delicatus n. sp." = Merychyus minimus Peterson 1907 oreodont
actually the type of "M. delicatus" - see Loomis 1924
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Desmathyus pinensis
Desmathyus pinensis Matthew 1907 peccary
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Parahippus coloradensis, "Parahippus texanus" = Desmatippus texanus
Parahippus coloradensis Gidley 1907 anchitheriine horse
"Parahippus coloradensis praecurrens":
"Parahippus texanus" = Desmatippus texanus Leidy 1868 anchitheriine horse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Archaeolagus macrocephalus n. sp.
Archaeolagus macrocephalus n. sp. Matthew 1907 rabbit
see Matthew 1907;