South Bijou Hill: Barstovian, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus insignis n. gen., n. sp. Leidy 1856
Skinner and Taylor 1967
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Skinner and Taylor 1967
Peraceras superciliosum (Cope 1880)
Prothero 2005
original and current combination Peraceras superciliosus
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897
Skinner and Taylor 1967
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Merycodus necatus n. gen., n. sp. Leidy 1854
Skinner and Taylor 1967
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Leptarctus primus Leidy 1856
Skinner and Taylor 1967
Mammalia - Plesiosoricidae
Plesiosorex sp. Pomel 1848
Mammalia - Soricidae
Adeloblarina cf. berklandi Repenning 1967
Mammalia - Talpidae
"Scalopoides" sp. Wilson 1960
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Parvericius montanus Koerner 1940
Brachyerix cf. incertis (Matthew 1924)
synonym of Metechinus fergusoni
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotonidae indet. Thomas 1897
Russellagus cf. vonhofi Storer 1970
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus cf. vetus (Kellogg 1910)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulus sp. Cope 1878
    = Mylagaulidae indet. Cope 1881
Skinner and Taylor 1967
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825
Tamiini indet.
synonym of Marmotini
"Eutamias or Tamias"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Lignimus austridakotensis n. sp. Korth 1996
Korth 1996
Perognathus trojectioansrum Korth 1979
Korth 1996
Perognathus brevidens Korth 1987
Korth 1996
Diprionomys arcarius n. sp. Korth 1996
    = Mioheteromys arcarius Korth 1996
Korth 1996
Cupidinimus smaragdinus n. sp. Korth 1996
Korth 1996
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Eucastor curtus (Matthew and Cook 1909)
    = Monosaulax cf. curtus Matthew and Cook 1909
Skinner and Taylor 1967
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Megasminthus tiheni Klingener 1966
Green 1977
"Peromyscus (Copemys)" of Stout in Skinner and Taylor 1967 (3 measurements)
Plesiosminthus sp. Viret 1926
    = Schaubeumys sp. Wood 1935
Green 1977
his "sp. A"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Copemys cf. kelloggae (Hoffmeister 1959)
    = Copemys cf. niobrariensis Hoffmeister 1959
Alroy 2002
synonym of Copemys longidens
Reptilia - Scincidae
Eumeces sp. Wiegmann 1834
Holman 1978
Reptilia - Colubridae
Dakotaophis greeni Holman 1976
Holman 1978
Ameiseophis robinsoni Holman 1976
Holman 1978
Salvadora paleolineata Holman 1973
Holman 1978
Paleoheterodon tiheni Holman 1964
Holman 1978
Neonatrix elongata Holman 1973
Holman 1978
Reptilia - Loxocemidae
Ogmophis miocompactus Holman 1976
Holman 1978
Reptilia - Boidae
Charina prebottae Brattstrom 1958
Holman 1978
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Ambystoma minshalli Tihen and Chantell 1963
Holman 1978
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768
Holman 1978
large
Pseudacris cf. clarki Baird 1854
Holman 1978
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Dakota County:Charles Mix
Coordinates: 43.1° North, 98.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.6° North, 95.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary *Local age/stage:Barstovian
Key time interval:Barstovian
Age range of interval:16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Randall
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: from a "5-foot zone" (Skinner and Taylor 1967)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,red claystone
Lithology description: "brownish pink clay that carries scattered barite crystals or 'rock roses'" (Skinner and Taylor 1967)
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:SDSM
Metadata
Also known as:SDSM V-731; F.O. Quarry
Database number:18397
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1992-08-05 00:00:00 Last modified:2011-03-27 22:37:17
Access level:the public Released:1992-08-05 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6331. M. Green. 1985. Micromammals from the Miocene Bijou Hills local fauna, Southb Dakota. Dakoterra 2(2):141-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1714 M. Green. 1977. Neogene Zapodidae (Mammalia: Rodentia) from South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 51(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner]
7574 J. A. Holman. 1978. Herpetofauna of the Bijou Hills local fauna (late Miocene: Barstovian) of South Dakota. Herpetologica 34(3):253-257 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2129 W. W. Korth. 1996. Geomyoid rodents (Mammalia) from the Bijou Hills Local Fauna (Barstovian), South Dakota. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 31(1):49-55 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
51726 D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
3176 M. F. Skinner and B. E. Taylor. 1967. A revision of the geology and paleontology of the Bijou Hills, South Dakota. American Museum Novitates 2300:1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]