PBDB Collection

Flint Hill North: Hemingfordian, South Dakota
collected by R. A. Stirton 1934

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

	Buteoninae indet. Vigors 1824	Miller 1944

	Palaeoborus rosatus n. sp. Miller and Compton 1939	Miller and Compton 1939
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae

	Strix dakota n. sp. Miller 1944	Miller 1944
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Paranyrocidae

	Paranyroca magna n. gen., n. sp. Miller and Compton 1939	Miller and Compton 1939
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

	Querquedula integra n. sp. Miller 1944	Miller 1944

	Dendrochen robusta n. gen., n. sp. Miller 1944	Miller 1944
Reptilia - Phoenicopteriformes - Palaelodidae

	Megapaloelodus connectens n. gen., n. sp. Miller 1944	Miller 1944
Reptilia - Cracidae

	Ortalis pollicaris n. sp. Miller 1944	Miller 1944
Reptilia - Phasianidae

	Tympanuchus stirtoni n. sp. Miller 1944	Miller 1944
Reptilia - Odontophoridae

	Miortyx teres n. gen., n. sp. Miller 1944	Miller 1944
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

	Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
	"Diceratherium"

	Menoceras barbouri (Wood 1964)	Prothero 2005
	"Flint Hill Quarry"
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

	Moropus sp. Marsh 1877
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	Anchitherium cf. agatensis (Osborn 1918)
	= Anchitherium clarencei Simpson 1932	MacFadden 2001
	Forsten 1975

	Parahippus cf. cognatus (Leidy 1858)

	Archaeohippus cf. blackbergi (Hay 1924)
Mammalia - Entelodontidae

	Daeodon sp. Cope 1878
	= Dinohyus sp. Peterson 1905	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

	Arretotherium fricki Macdonald and Schultz 1956
	described by Macdonald 1956b as "A. sp." (6 measurements)
Mammalia - Protoceratidae

	Lambdoceras hessei n. sp. Stirton 1967	Stirton 1967
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae

	? Barbouromeryx sp. Frick 1937

	Parablastomeryx galushi Frick 1937
	synonym of Barbouromeryx trigonocorneus
Mammalia - Moschidae

	Pseudoblastomeryx cf. advena (Matthew 1907)
	= Pseudoblastomeryx advena Matthew 1907	Prothero 2008
Mammalia - Leptochoeridae

	cf. Stibarus sp. Cope 1873
Mammalia - Tayassuidae

	Desmathyus pinensis Matthew 1907
	= Hesperhys pinensis Matthew 1907	Macdonald 1970
	original and current combination Desmathyus pinensis
	may include one of two indeterminate tayassuids in original list
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae

	Merychyus cf. arenarum Cope 1884
	may include Matthew specimen of M. arenarum from "2 mi. below Big Spring, Little White River, Bennett County" of Schultz and Falkenbach 1947
Mammalia - Camelidae

	Oxydactylus sp. Peterson 1904
	= Camelidae indet. Gray 1821	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae

	Palaeogale aff. lagophaga (Cope 1873)
	= Palaeogale aff. sectoria Gervais 1848	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

	Nothocyon sp. Wortman and Matthew 1899
	= Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817	Alroy 2002
	and "Cynodesmus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

	Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836
	= Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

	Ursavus informal new species II	Hunt 1998
	UCMP V-3417; said to be new
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

	Melinae indet. Burmeister 1872

	Promartes cf. lepidus (Matthew 1907)
Mammalia - Proscalopidae

	Mesoscalops sp. Reed 1960	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Talpidae

	Mystipterus cf. martini (Wilson 1960)	Martin 1976

	Scalopoides cf. isodens Wilson 1960	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Soricidae

	Heterosorex sp. Gaillard 1915
	= Wilsonosorex bateslandensis Martin 1978	Martin 1978
	replaces ID of Martin 1976

	Trimylus dakotensis Repenning 1967
	= Pseudotrimylus dakotensis Repenning 1967	Repenning 1967
	recombined as Noritrimylus dakotensis
	"Heterosorex sp." Martin 1976
Mammalia - Plesiosoricidae

	Plesiosorex coloradensis Wilson 1960	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Erinaceidae

	Parvericius cf. montanus Koerner 1940	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Rodentia - Entoptychidae

	cf. Gregorymys sp. Wood 1936	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Rodentia - Florentiamyidae

	cf. Sanctimus sp. Macdonald 1970	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

	Leidymys sp. Wood 1936	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

	Plesiosminthus cf. clivosus Galbreath 1953	Martin 1976
	recombined as Schaubeumys clivosus

	Plesiosminthus galbreathi Wilson 1960
	= Schaubeumys galbreathi Wilson 1960	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Rodentia

	Proheteromys sp. Wood 1932
	= Geomyoidea indet. Bonaparte 1845	Alroy 2002
	also listed by Harksen and Macdonald
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae

	Eomyidae indet. Winge 1887	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

	Schizodontomys harkseni (Macdonald 1970)	Martin 1976

	Dikkomys matthewi Wood 1936	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

	Monosaulax sp. Stirton 1935
	= Castoridae indet. Gray 1821	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

	Tamias sp. Illinger 1811
	= Tamiini indet.	Martin 1976
	synonym of Marmotini

	cf. Miospermophilus sp. Black 1963	Martin 1976

	Protospermophilus sp. Gazin 1930	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

	Ochotonidae indet. Thomas 1897	Martin 1976
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

	Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
	= Archaeolaginae indet.	Martin 1976
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	South Dakota	County:	Bennett
Coordinates:	43.1° North, 101.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	43.8° North, 97.9° West
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
Stage:	Burdigalian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
*Period:	Tertiary
Key time interval:	Hemingfordian
Age range of interval:	18.50000 - 16.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Batesland
Local section:	BgBad	Local bed:	17
Local order:	bottom to top

Lithology and environment

Environment:

terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:	SDSM
Collectors:	R. A. Stirton	Collection dates:	1934
Taxonomic list comments:Harksen and Macdonald list a talpid, but it is omitted by Martin 1976 "Parahippus cf. cognatus" listed, but see Voorhies 1983

Metadata

Also known as:	SDSM V-511; UCMP V-3417
Database number:	17912
Authorizer:	J. Alroy, J. Marcot, J. Bloch	Enterer:	J. Alroy, R. Hulbert, J. Marcot
Modifier:	J. Alroy	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	1993-02-18 00:00:00	Last modified:	2009-07-15 19:39:39
Access level:	the public	Released:	1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

1789.

J. C. Harksen and J. R. Macdonald. 1967. Miocene Batesland Formation named in southwestern South Dakota. South Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 96:1-10 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

6294		J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1976		R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Ursidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1:174-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
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]
4197		B. J. MacFadden. 2001. Three-toed browsing horse Anchitherium clarencei from the early Miocene (Hemingfordian) Thomas Farm, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 43(3):79-109 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2408		J. E. Martin. 1976. Small mammals from the Miocene Batesland Formation of South Dakota. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 14(2):69-98 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
2409		J. E. Martin. 1978. A New and Unusual Shrew (Soricidae) from the Miocene of Colorado and South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 52(3):636-641 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
50494		A. H. Miller. 1944. An avifauna from the lower Miocene of South Dakota. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 27(4):85-100 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]
25095		A. H. Miller and L. V. Compton. 1939. Two fossil birds from the Lower Miocene of South Dakota. The Condor 41(4):153-156 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
51726		D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
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]
2869		C. A. Repenning. 1967. Subfamilies and genera of the Soricidae. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 565:1-74 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
24525		R. A. Stirton. 1967. Relationships of the protoceratid artiodactyls, and description of a new genus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 72:1-43 [B. Beatty/B. Beatty]