Fort Polk Castor Creek (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Louisiana (31.1° N, 93.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 33.7° N, 87.7° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. A. Schiebout and S. Ting. 2011. Terrestrial carnivores, artiodactyls, perissodactyls, and proboscideans of the Fort Polk Miocene sites of Louisiana. Abstracts with Programs Geological Society of America 43(3):7 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 163859: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 18.11.2014
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
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Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent | |
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Cynarctus sp. Matthew 1902 bone-crushing dog | |
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Miomustela sp. Hall 1930 mustelid carnivore | |
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Bassariscus sp. Coues 1887 ringtail | |
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Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros | |
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Cormohipparion sp. Skinner and MacFadden 1977 hipparionine horse
Merychippus sp. Leidy 1856 horse | |
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Dyseohyus sp. Stock 1937 peccary | |
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Prosynthetoceras sp. Frick 1937 protoceratid | |
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Pseudoparablastomeryx sp. Frick 1937 ruminant | |
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Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956 camel | |
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Merychyus sp. Leidy 1858 oreodont | |