Turtle Butte (Burge) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Tripp County, South Dakota (43.2° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 97.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Burge Member (Valentine Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1968. Cenozoic rocks and faunas of Turtle Butte, south-central South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 138(7) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18428: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• Rich 1981 lists a UM specimen of Metechinus amplior from "Near the midpoint of the boundary between sections 17 and 20, T. 95 N, R. 74 W... Tripp Co."; this is not one of Tabrum's localities and is about 2 mi SW of the main Turtle Butte localities
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Eubelodon morrilli
Eubelodon morrilli Barbour 1914 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Ischyrocyon sp.
Ischyrocyon sp. Matthew and Gidley 1904 bear-dog
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Aepycamelus sp., Procamelus sp.
Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956 camel
Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858 camel
compared to Burge Quarry Procamelus, i.e., P. grandis
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pseudhipparion retrusum, Hippotherium sp.1, Pliohippus pernix
Pseudhipparion retrusum Cope 1889 hipparionine horse
Hippotherium sp.1 Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
Pliohippus pernix Marsh 1874 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp.
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulidae indet.2
Mylagaulidae indet.2 Cope 1881 rodent
1Alroy 2002; 2Green and Holman 1977