Thin Elk Formation

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Thin Elk Formation
Stratigraphic range: Neogene
Type Formation
Location
Region South Dakota
Country United States

The Thin Elk Formation is a geologic formation in South Dakota. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

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Fossil content

Mammals

Ungulates

Ungulates reported from the Thin Elk Formation
GenusSpeciesPresenceMaterialNotesImages
Cormohipparion C. occidentaleEd Ross Ranch Quarry, Bennett County, South Dakota. [1] Skull (F:AM 71872). [1] An equid.
Cormohipparion occidentale.jpg

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References

  1. 1 2 Woodburne, Michael O. (September 2007). "Phyletic diversification of the Cormohipparion occidentale complex (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae), late Miocene, North America, and the origin of the Old World Hippotherium datum". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (306): 1–138.


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