Fort Polk Castor Creek (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Louisiana (31.1° N, 93.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 90.3° W)

• 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

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium sp.
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet.
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Miomustela sp.
Miomustela sp. Hall 1930 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus sp.
Bassariscus sp. Coues 1887 ringtail
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynarctus sp.
Cynarctus sp. Matthew 1902 bone-crushing dog
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus sp.
Merychyus sp. Leidy 1858 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Pseudoparablastomeryx sp.
Pseudoparablastomeryx sp. Frick 1937 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Prosynthetoceras sp.
Prosynthetoceras sp. Frick 1937 protoceratid
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Dyseohyus sp.
Dyseohyus sp. Stock 1937 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Aepycamelus sp.
Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus sp., Cormohipparion sp.
Merychippus sp. Leidy 1856 horse
Cormohipparion sp. Skinner and MacFadden 1977 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops sp.
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros