Summit Pass oreodont: Hemingfordian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merychyus cf. arenarum
Cope 1884
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Harding |
Coordinates: | 45.4° North, 103.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.1° North, 99.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Hemingfordian | ||
Age range of interval: | 20.43000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Arikaree | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Arikaree (?) Formation" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | volcaniclastic,white "siliciclastic" |
Lithology description: "white strata with substantial volcanic content" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | SDSM |
Collection method comments: "surface prospecting" |
Metadata
Database number: | 72052 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-05-23 17:40:12 | Last modified: | 2007-05-23 20:40:12 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-05-23 17:40:12 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
24391. | D. C. Parris and B. S. Grandstaff. 2003. An oreodont of Miocene age from Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 82:61-65 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |