%0 Book
%A W. Korth, William
%A Emry, Robert J.
%A A. Boyd, Clint
%A Person, Jeff J.
%D 2019
%T Rodents (Mammalia) from Fitterer Ranch, Brule Formation (Oligocene), North Dakota
%U https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/book/Rodents_Mammalia_from_Fitterer_Ranch_Brule_Formation_Oligocene_North_Dakota/9761732
%R 10.5479/si.1943-6688.103
%2 https://smithsonian.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/17609009
%K rodents
%K mammalia
%K North Dakota, USA
%K Prosciurus
%K Altasciurus
%K Heliscomys
%K Eumys
%K Paleontology
%X Eighteen rodent species are recognized from the Fitterer Ranch fauna of North Dakota on the basis of more than a thousand collected specimens. Of the species recognized, four are new: the prosciurine aplodontiids Prosciurus hogansoni and Altasciurus leonardi, the heliscomyid Heliscomys borealis, and the cricetid Eumys lammersi.
A previously described castorid from this fauna, Oligotheriomys primus Korth, 1998, is considered a synonym of “Eutypomys” magnus Wood, 1937, on the basis of the recovery of lower dentitions but is retained in the genus Oligotheriomys. A single specimen is questionably referred to Microparamys, a genus elsewhere limited to the Eocene (Clarkforkian-Chadronian land mammal ages). The rodent fauna appears to be a combination of predominantly Orellan and Whitneyan species (early Oligocene), suggesting that the section might transcend the Orellan-Whitneyan boundary. However, the rodent fauna does not alter significantly from the lowest to the highest horizons.
%I Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press