Wolf Creek (SDSM V-5328) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 99.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the SDSM

Primary reference: M. Green. 1956. The lower Pliocene Ogallala-Wolf Creek vertebrate fauna, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):146-169 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

PaleoDB collection 18485: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equini indet., Pseudhipparion cf. gratum, Hippotherium sp.
Equini indet. Quinn 1955 horse
Pseudhipparion cf. gratum Leidy 1869 hipparionine horse
Hippotherium sp. Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp., Peraceras sp.
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
Peraceras sp. Cope 1880 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Cosoryx ? furcatus
Cosoryx ? furcatus Leidy 1869 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophaginae indet.
Borophaginae indet. Simpson 1945 bone-crushing dog