Monroe Creek (SDSM V-592): Monroecreekian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proscalopidae
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Proscalops sp.
Matthew 1901
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Pleurolicus dakotensis
Wood 1936
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Meniscomys sp.
Cope 1878
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Allomyidae
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Allomys harkseni n. sp.
Macdonald 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Alwoodia harkseni
Macdonald 1963
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Promylagaulus cf. riggsi
McGrew 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| also described by Rensberger 1979 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Shannon |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 102.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° North, 96.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Monroecreekian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 24.70000 - 23.10000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Monroe Creek | ||
| Local section: | BgBad | Local bed: | 14 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | SDSM |
| Taxonomic list comments:NISP 19 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 17555 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2011-04-21 20:03:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2356. | J. R. Macdonald. 1970. Review of the Miocene Wounded Knee faunas of southwestern South Dakota. Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science 8:165-82 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/C. Bell] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |