Also known as SDSM V-672
Where: Bennett County, South Dakota (43.2° N, 101.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 97.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Batesland Formation, Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by SDSM in 1967; reposited in the SDSM
Collection methods: bulk, sieve
• "about one-half ton of productive matrix" (Green 1972)
Primary reference: J. E. Martin. 1976. Small mammals from the Miocene Batesland Formation of South Dakota. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 14(2):69-98 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17877: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
cf. Sanctimus sp. Macdonald 1970 rodent | |
Protospermophilus sp. Gazin 1930 squirrel
cf. Miospermophilus sp. Black 1963 squirrel | |
Geomyoidea indet. Bonaparte 1845 rodent | |
Schizodontomys harkseni Macdonald 1970 rodent
Dikkomys matthewi Wood 1936 rodent | |
Eomyidae indet. Winge 1887 rodent | |
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"Plesiosminthus cf. clivosus" = Schaubeumys clivosus, Schaubeumys galbreathi
"Plesiosminthus cf. clivosus" = Schaubeumys clivosus Galbreath 1953 jumping mouse
Schaubeumys galbreathi Wilson 1960 jumping mouse | |
Paciculus cf. montanus Black 1961 mouse
Leidymys sp. Wood 1936 mouse | |
cf. Gregorymys sp. Wood 1936 rodent | |
Archaeolaginae indet. rabbit | |
Gripholagomys lavocati Green 1972 pika | |
Parvericius cf. montanus Koerner 1940 hedgehog | |
Plesiosorex coloradensis Wilson 1960 placental | |
Mystipterus cf. martini Wilson 1960 mole
Scalopoides cf. isodens Wilson 1960 mole | |
Mesoscalops sp. Reed 1960 placental | |
Didelphidae indet. opossum |