Rice Ranch (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as SDSM V-631

Where: Bennett County, South Dakota (43.2° N, 101.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 99.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the SDSM

Primary reference: A. Tabrum. 1981. A contribution to the mammalian paleontology of the Ogallala group of South-Central South Dakota. M.S. thesis [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/B. Allen]more details

PaleoDB collection 18344: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Richard Hulbert

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Nettion greeni n. sp.2 Brodkorb 1964 duck
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
? Hesperolagomys sp. Clark et al. 1964 pika
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
"Mylagaulus" sp. Cope 1878 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Eucastor tortus Leidy 1858 beaver
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
? Geomyinae indet. Bonaparte 1845 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus cf. trojectioansrum Korth 1979 pocket mouse
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Domninoides sp. Green 1956 mole
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceinae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Longirostromeryx wellsi Matthew 1904 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Merycodontinae indet.1 Matthew 1904 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.1 Gray 1821 camel
cf. Procamelus grandis Gregory 1939 camel
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus sp.1 Leidy 1858 oreodont
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equini indet.1 Quinn 1955 horse
Pseudhipparion cf. gratum Leidy 1869 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyonidae indet.1 Gray 1825 procyonid carnivore