Palmer Creek (Channel Facies): Whitneyan, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Palaeolagus sp.
Leidy 1856
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Agnotocastor sp.
Stirton 1935
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Subhyracodon sp.
Wood 1927
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyracodontidae
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Hyracodon sp.
Leidy 1856
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapiridae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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| original and current combination Taperidae | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Anthracotheriidae indet.
Leidy 1869
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Mammalia
- Entelodontidae
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Entelodontidae indet.
Lydekker 1883
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Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Leptomeryx sp.
Leidy 1853
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Protoceras sp.
Marsh 1891
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Mammalia
- Leptochoeridae
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Leptochoeridae indet.
Marsh 1894
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Perchoerus sp.
Leidy 1869
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= Tayassuidae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Shannon |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 102.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° North, 95.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Whitneyan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 31.80000 - 29.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Taxonomic list comments:this clearly is equivalent to the Protoceras Beds, but there is no explicit discussion of the issue list does include all common taxa | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 17359 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3707. | R. W. Wilson. 1985. The Dentition of the Paleocene "Insectivore" Genus Acmeodon Matthew and Granger (?Palaeoryctidae, Mammalia). Journal of Paleontology 59(3):713-720 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |