Also known as SDSM V-741
Where: Charles Mix County, South Dakota (43.5° N, 99.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 95.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: "rock rose" zone Member (Fort Randall Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; lithology not reported
Reposited in the SDSM
Collection methods: bulk, sieve
• "about 45 kilograms of matrix were collected" and screenwashed
Primary reference: M. Green and J. A. Holman. 1977. A late Tertiary stream channel fauna from South Bijou Hill, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 51(3):543-547 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18303: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog | |
Ambystoma minshalli Tihen and Chantell 1963 mole salamander | |
Reptilia | |
Lampropeltis similis Holman 1964 colubrid snake
Elaphe nebraskensis Holman 1964 colubrid snake
Salvadora sp. Baird and Girard 1853 colubrid snake | |
Charina prebottae Brattstrom 1958 boa | |
Xantusiidae indet. Baird 1858 night lizard | |
Mammalia | |
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran | |
Limnoecus niobrarensis Macdonald 1947 shrew | |
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Megasminthus tiheni Klingener 1966 jumping mouse | |
Copemys sp. Wood 1936 mouse | |
Monosaulax sp. Stirton 1935 beaver | |
Heteromyidae indet. Gray 1868 rodent |