Wolf Creek (SDSM V-5324): Clarendonian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Pliohippus pernix
Marsh 1874
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= Equini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| description inadequate | ||||||||||
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Pliohippus martini
(Hesse 1936)
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| original and current combination Calippus martini | ||||||||||
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Neohipparion occidentale
(Leidy 1856)
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| recombined as Cormohipparion occidentale | ||||||||||
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Nannippus cf. gratus
(Leidy 1869)
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| recombined as Pseudhipparion gratum | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Merycodus furcatus
(Leidy 1869)
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| original and current combination Cosoryx furcatus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Parablastomeryx sp.
Frick 1937
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= Parablastomeryx gregorii
Frick 1937
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Prothero 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Pseudaelurus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Shannon |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 102.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.8° North, 99.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | SDSM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18481 | ||
| 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: | 2009-12-20 13:08:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1706. | M. Green. 1956. The lower Pliocene Ogallala-Wolf Creek vertebrate fauna, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):146-169 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 51375 | D. R. Prothero. 2008. Systematics of the musk deer (Artiodactyla: Moschidae: Blastomerycinae) from the Miocene of North America. In S. G. Lucas, G. S. Morgan, J. A. Spielmann, D. R. Prothero (eds.), Neogene Mammals 44:207-223 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |