page_title: List of the prehistoric life of South Dakota
section_title: Selected Cenozoic taxa of South Dakota
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of South Dakota / Cenozoic / Selected Cenozoic taxa of South Dakota
caption_attribution_description: English: Crop of file in filename
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of South Dakota contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of South Dakota.
context_section_description: †Aelurodon
  †Aepycamelus
  †Agnotocastor
  †Agriochoerus
  Alligator
  †Alligator prenasalis – type locality for species
  †Ambystoma
  †Ambystoma tigrinum
   †Amebelodon
  †Ampelopsis
  †Amphechinus
  †Anchitherium
  Antilocapra
  †Antilocapra americana
  Apalone
  †Aphelops
  †Archaeocyon
  †Archaeohippus
  †Archaeotherium
  †Arctodus
  †Arctodus simus
  †Arctonasua
  Azolla
  †Barbourofelis
  †Barbourofelis whitfordi
  †Bathornis
  †Bathornis veredus
  Bison
   †Bison latifrons
  Blarina
  †Blarina carolinensis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Bothriodon
  †Brachypsalis
  †Brachyrhynchocyon
  †Brontops
  Bufo
  †Bufo woodhousei
  Buteo
  †Calippus
  †Camelops
  Canis
   †Canis dirus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Canis latrans
  †Canis lupus
  †Carpocyon
  Castor
  †Castor canadensis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Catostomus
  Celtis
  Cercidiphyllum
  Charina
  Chrysemys
  Cnemidophorus
  †Colodon
  †Cormocyon
  †Cormohipparion
   †Cosoryx
  †Cosoryx furcatus
  †Cranioceras
  Crotalus
  †Cynarctoides
  †Cynarctoides acridens
  †Cynarctoides lemur
  †Cynarctoides roii
  †Cynarctus
  †Cynodesmus
  Cynomys
  †Daphoenus
  †Desmatippus
  †Desmatochoerus
  †Desmocyon
  †Diceratherium
   †Dinictis
  †Dinohyus
  †Dipoides
  †Domnina
  †Duchesnehippus
  †Duchesneodus
  †Ectopocynus
  †Ekgmowechashala
  †Ekgmowechashala philotau – type locality for species
  Elaphe
  †Elaphe vulpina
  †Elomeryx
  †Enhydrocyon
  †Entelodon
  †Eopelobates
  †Epicyon
  Equus
  †Equus francisci
  †Equus giganteus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Etheostoma
   †Eubelodon
  †Eucastor
  †Eucommia
  Eumeces
  †Eumeces septentrionalis
  †Eusmilus
  Ficus
  Geomys
  †Gigantocamelus
  Glyptostrobus
  †Gomphotherium
  Graptemys
   †Hemiauchenia
  †Hemicyon
  †Herpetotherium
  †Herpetotherium fugax
  †Hesperocyon
  †Hesperotestudo
  Heterodon
  †Heteromeryx
  †Hipparion
  †Hippotherium
  †Homotherium – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hoplophoneus
   †Hyaenodon
  †Hyaenodon crucians
  †Hyaenodon horridus
  †Hyaenodon montanus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hyaenodon mustelinus – type locality for species
  Hyla
  †Hypertragulus
  †Hypisodus
  †Hypohippus
  †Hypolagus
  †Hyporhina – type locality for genus
  †Hyporhina antiqua – type locality for species
  †Hyracodon
  Ictalurus
  †Ischyrocyon
  †Ischyromys
  †Lambdoceras
  Lampropeltis
  Lepisosteus
  Lepomis
  †Leptauchenia
  †Leptictis
   †Leptocyon
  †Leptomeryx
  Lepus
  †Lepus americanus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Longirostromeryx
  †Macrorhineura – type locality for genus
  †Macrorhineura skinneri – type locality for species
  †Mammacyon
  †Mammuthus
   †Mammuthus columbi
  Martes
  †Megacerops
  †Megachoerus – tentative report
  †Megaleptictis
  †Megaleptictis altidens
  †Megalictis
  †Megalictis ferox – type locality for species
  †Megalonyx
  †Megalonyx leptostomus
  †Megalonyx wheatleyi
  †Megapaloelodus – type locality for genus
  †Menoceras
  †Menops
  †Merychippus
   †Merychyus
  †Merycochoerus
  †Merycodus
  †Merycoides
  †Merycoidodon
  †Mesocyon
  †Mesohippus
  †Mesoreodon
  †Metamynodon
  †Metamynodon planifrons
  †Michenia
  Microtus
  †Miniochoerus
  †Miohippus
  †Miohippus grandis
  †Monosaulax
   †Moropus
  Mustela
  †Mylagaulus
  †Nannippus
  †Nanotragulus
  †Neohipparion – type locality for genus
  Neotoma
  Nerodia
  †Nerodia sipedon
  †Nexuotapirus
  †Niglarodon
  †Nimravus
  Notophthalmus
  †Nototamias
  †Notropis
  †Noturus – tentative report
  Ondatra
  Onychomys
  †Oreodontoides
  Ortalis
  †Osbornodon
  †Otarocyon
  †Oxetocyon
  †Oxydactylus
    †Palaeocastor
  †Palaeogale
  †Palaeolagus
  †Paracrax
  †Paradaphoenus
  †Paraenhydrocyon
  †Parahippus
  †Paramys
  †Paratomarctus
  †Paratylopus
  †Parictis
  †Peltosaurus
  †Peltosaurus granulosus
  †Peraceras
  Perognathus
  Peromyscus
  †Philotrox
  †Philotrox condoni
  †Phlaocyon
  †Phlaocyon minor
  Phrynosoma
  †Phrynosoma douglassi
  †Planera
  †Platygonus
  †Pliauchenia
  †Pliohippus
   †Poebrotherium
  †Pogonodon
  †Procamelus
  †Procastoroides
  †Promartes
  †Promerycochoerus
  †Proscalops
  †Protapirus
  †Proterix
  †Protoceras
  †Protohippus
  †Protolabis
  Pseudacris
   †Pseudaelurus
  †Pseudhipparion
  †Pseudoprotoceras
  Querquedula
  †Rana
  †Rana catesbeiana
  †Rana pipiens
  Reithrodontomys
  Rhineura
  Salvadora
  Scaphiopus
  †Sespia
  Sorex
  †Sorex cinereus
  Spea
  Spermophilus
   †Stegomastodon
  †Stegomastodon mirificus
  †Steneofiber
  Strix
  †Stylemys
  †Subhyracodon
  †Sunkahetanka
  †Sunkahetanka geringensis
  Sylvilagus
  †Sylvilagus floridanus
  Tapirus
   †Teleoceras
  †Teleoceras major
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caption: Restoration of a herd of the Eocene-Miocene oreodont mammal Merychyus
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