Sharps (SDSM V-5362): Geringian, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Prosciurus dawsonae Macdonald 1963
1 specimen
recombined as Campestrallomys dawsonae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumys blacki n. sp. Macdonald 1963
2 specimens
recombined as Leidymys blacki
see Martin 1986
Mammalia - Rodentia - Florentiamyidae
Sanctimus clasoni (Macdonald 1963)
1 specimen
recombined as Fanimus clasoni
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Capatanka cankpeopi Macdonald 1963
3 specimens
    = Capatanka sp. Macdonald 1963
Alroy 2002
Palaeocastor peninsulatus (Cope 1881)
Xu 1996
original and current combination Castor peninsulatus
presumably "P. nebrascensis"
Capacikala gradatus (Cope 1878)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Proheteromys gremmelsi n. sp. Macdonald 1963
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Meniscomys milleri n. sp. Macdonald 1970
1 specimen
recombined as Crucimys milleri
see also Rensberger 1980
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus hypsodus Schlaikjer 1935
1 specimen
Palaeolagus philoi Dawson 1958
2 specimens
Mammalia - Proscalopidae
Arctoryctes terrenus Matthew 1907
6 specimens
    = Proscalops evelynae Macdonald 1963
Barnosky 1981
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Enhydrocyon crassidens Matthew 1907
1 specimen
Mammalia - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx sp. Leidy 1853
2 specimens
    = Leptomerycidae indet. Zittel 1893
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Hypertragulidae
Nanotragulus intermedius Schlaikjer 1935
2 specimens
    = Nanotragulus loomisi Lull 1922
Alroy 2002
"Nanotragulus cf. loomisi" also listed: (1 + 1)
Mammalia - Camelidae
Oxydactylus sp. Peterson 1904
1 specimen
    = Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Oxydactylus cf. wyomingensis (Loomis 1936)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Miohippus equiceps (Cope 1878)
1 specimen
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, 95.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Geringian
Age range of interval:29.50000 - 24.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sharps Member:upper
Local section:BgBad Local bed:13
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:Martin 1986 states that there is no locality SDSM V-6263; this is just a lapsus for SDSM V-5362
NISP 34 (including est. 10 Palaeocastor)
Metadata
Also known as:"The Needle"; LACM 1975
Database number:17638
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:42
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]
1015 A. D. Barnosky. 1981. A skeleton of Mesoscalops (Mammalia, Insectivora) from the Miocene Deep River Formation, Montana, and a review of the proscalopid moles: evolutionary, functional, and stratigraphic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(3-4):285-339 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3779 X. Xu. 1996. Castoridae. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 412-432 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]