Rosebud Agency (Gidley Collection): Arikareean, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Capatanka brachyceps
(Matthew 1907)
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= Fossorcastor brachyceps
Matthew 1907
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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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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Todd |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 100.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° North, 94.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4-5 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Key time interval: | Arikareean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 29.50000 - 18.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rosebud |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:specimen of Merychyus arenarum mentioned by Schultz and Falkenbach 1947 is from near Flint Hill |
Metadata
| Database number: | 17601 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 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] |