Monroe Creek (SDSM V-6224): Monroecreekian, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850
1 specimen
    = Herpetotherium youngi McGrew 1937
Korth 1994
DUPLICATE REF 2121 or 2122 or 2123
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Palaeocastor simplicidens (Matthew 1907)
1 specimen
    = Fossorcastor fossor Peterson 1905
Alroy 2002
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
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:locality also ranges into the Sharps (see)
Macdonald accidentally lists the following taxa from the Sharps: "Prosciurus" dawsonae "Sanctimus" clasoni
NISP 2
Metadata
Also known as:LACM 1986
Database number:17563
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2011-04-21 20:04:37
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]
2121 W. W. Korth. 1994. Middle Tertiary marsupials (Mammalia) from North America. Journal of Paleontology 68(2):376-397 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]