Sharps (Below Cedar Pass Stream Channel) ( of the United States)

Also known as Sharps A

Where: Jackson County, South Dakota (43.5° N, 101.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 48.3° N, 89.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: D. C. Parris and M. Green. 1969. Dinohyus (Mammalia: Entelodontidae) in the Sharps Formation, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 43(5):1277-1279 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 17605: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Archaeocyon leptodus3 Schlaikjer 1935 bone-crushing dog
"East side of Cedar Pass, clay lens in capping channel, base of upper part of the Sharps Formation... Jackson County"
Sunkahetanka geringensis2 Barbour and Schultz 1935 canid
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Palaeocastor sp.1 Leidy 1869 beaver