White River Fauna
Introduction The '''White River Fauna''' are fossil animals found in the White River Badlands of South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska in the United States including Badlands National Park.The fossils have been found in the White River Formation, Chadron Formation, Brule Formation, and the Arikaree Formation.Animals from the White River Badlands date from the Eocene, Oligocene, the Miocene, and the Pliocene Epochs.
List Genera include:GenusSpeciesCladeEpochImageNotes†''Agnotocastor''* †''A. praeteredens'' (type)* †''A. coloradensis''* †''A. galushai''* †''A. readingi''CastoridaeEocene-Miocene164x164px''Alligator''* †''A. prenasalis''CrocodiliaEocene153x153px†''Archaeocyon''* †''A. leptodus'' (type)* †''A. pavidus''* †''A. falkenbachi''†BorophaginaeOligocene179x179px†''Archaeotherium''* †''A. mortoni'' (type)†EntelodontidaeOligocene154x154px†''Bathornis''* †''B. veredus'' (type)* †''B. celeripes''* †''B. cursor''* †''B. fricki''* †''B. geographicus''* †''B. grallator''* †''B. fax? ''* †''B. minor''†BathornithidaeEocene-Miocene153x153pxThe type genus of the Bathornithidae, large predatory birds related to seriemas.†''Bothriodon''* †''B.'' sp.†Anthracotheriidae153x153px†''Daeodon''* †''D. shoshonensis'' (type)* †''D. humerosum? ''†EntelodontidaeMiocene161x161px†''Daphoneus''* †''D. vetus'' (type)* †''D. hartshorianus''* †''D. lambei''* †''D. ruber''* †''D. socialis''* †''D. transversus''†AmphicyonidaeEocene-Miocene164x164px†''Dinictis''* †''D. felina'' (type)†NimravidaeEocene-Miocene165x165px''†Eporeodon''* †''E. major'' (type)* †''E. occidentalis''* †''E. pygmyus''†MerycoidodontidaeOligocene165x165px†''Hoplophoneus''* ''H. primaevus'' (type)* ''H. occidentalis''* ''H. strigidens''* ''H. cerebralis''* ''H. dakotensis''* ''H. oharrai''* ''H. sicarius''†NimravidaeEocene-Oligocene197x197px†''Hyaenodon''†Hyaenodontidaeframeless†''Hypertragulus''†Hypertragulidaeframeless†''Hyracodon''†Hyracodontidaeframeless†''Ischyromys''†Ischyromyidaeframeless†''Leptomeryx''†Leptomerycidae178x178pxThe most common fossil found in the area.†''Leptauchenia''†Merycoidodontidae182x182px†''Megacerops''†Brontotheriidaeframeless†''Merycoidodon''†Merycoidodontidae215x215px†''Mesohippus''Equidaeframeless†''Metamynodon''†Amynodontidaeframeless†''Miniochoerus''†Merycoidodontidaeframeless†''Miohippus''Equidaeframeless†''Nimravus''†Nimravidaeframeless†''Osbornodon''Canidae†''Palaeolagus''Leporidaeframeless†''Paracrax''†BathornithidaeClosely related and similar to the conspecific ''Bathornis''; however, it seems to have occupied more arid environments.†''Parictis''†Amphicynodontinae†''Peltosaurus''Anguidae171x171px†''Poebrotherium''* †''P. wilsoni'' (type)* †''P. chadronensis''* †''P. eximium''* †''P. franki''* †''P. labratum''Camelidaeframeless†''Protapirus''Tapiridaeframeless†''Protoceras''†Protoceratidaeframeless†''Stylemys''* †''S. nebrascensis'' (type)* †''S. botti''* †''S. calaverensis''* †''S. canetotiana''* †''S. capax''* †''S. conspecta''* †''S. copei''* †''S. emiliae''* †''S. frizaciana''* †''S. karakolensis''* †''S. neglectus''* †''S. oregonensis''* †''S. pygmea''* †''S. uintensis''* †''S. undabuna''Testudinidaeframeless†''Subhyracodon''Rhinocerotidaeframeless†''Xenocranium''* †''X. pileorivale'' (type)†EpoicotheriidaeOligoceneframeless
See also * :Category:White River Fauna
Further reading * Rachel Benton, ''The White River Badlands: Geology and Paleontology'', Indiana University Press 2015* William Berryman Scott, ''A history of land mammals in the western hemisphere'', MacMillan Publishing Company, 1913
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