Sharps (SDSM V-5357) (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 1984

Where: Shannon County, South Dakota (43.3° N, 102.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 48.4° N, 88.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: middle Member (Sharps Formation), Geringian (30.8 - 26.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the SDSM

Primary reference: 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]more details

PaleoDB collection 17633: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• NISP 31 (including est. 8 Palaeocastor)
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Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Proscalopidae
Proscalops evelynae2
Proscalops evelynae2 Macdonald 1963 placental
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynarctoides roii1, Archaeocyon leptodus4
Cynarctoides roii1 Macdonald 1963 bone-crushing dog
Archaeocyon leptodus4 Schlaikjer 1935 bone-crushing dog
 Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale dorothiae n. sp.
Palaeogale dorothiae n. sp. Macdonald 1963 carnivoran
 Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Nanotragulus loomisi1
Nanotragulus loomisi1 Lull 1922 ruminant
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus hypsodus, Palaeolagus philoi, ? Megalagus cf. primitivus
Palaeolagus hypsodus Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit
Palaeolagus philoi Dawson 1958 rabbit
? Megalagus cf. primitivus Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Protospermophilus sp.3
Protospermophilus sp.3 Gazin 1930 squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Palaeocastor sp.1
Palaeocastor sp.1 Leidy 1869 beaver
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Tenudomys dakotensis1
Tenudomys dakotensis1 Macdonald 1963 pocket gopher
1Alroy 2002; 2Barnosky 1981; 3Storer 2002; 4Wang et al. 1999