The Sharps Formation is a
geologic formation in
South Dakota. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the
Paleogene
The Paleogene ( ; British English, also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period, geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million yea ...
.
The Sharps Formation is the namesake of the community of
Sharps Corner, South Dakota
Sharps Corner is an unincorporated community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The locale is contained within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and is situated at the juncture of BIA Highway 27 and BIA 2. Sharps Corner was nam ...
.
Fossil content
Mammals
Carnivorans
Eulipotyphlans
Lagomorphs
Metatherians
Primates
Rodents
Ungulates
Reptiles
Squamates
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Dakota
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of South Dakota, U.S.
Sites
See also
* Paleontology in South Dakota
References
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Paleontology in South Dakota
References
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Paleogene geology of South Dakota
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