Hagerman (HAFO Locality 068 = IMNH Locality 85005): Pliocene, Idaho
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Rallidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Reptilia
- Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae
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Podicipedidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Cygnus (Olor) hibbardi
Brodkorb 1958
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Bucephala sp.
Baird 1858
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Trigonictis cooki
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Satherium piscinarium
(Leidy 1873)
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Lontra weiri n. sp.
Prassack 2016
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| IMNH 38647 (holotype) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis ferox
Miller and Carranza-Castaneda 1998
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| recombined as Eucyon ferox | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| Lynx rexroadensis/Puma lacustris | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Cosomys primus
Wilson 1932
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Lich 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor californicus
Kellogg 1911
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Equisetaceae
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Equisetum sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Idaho | County: | Twin Falls |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 114.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.0° North, 114.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Glenns Ferry | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Below Bed G, dated to 3.79 Ma |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: Hagerman’s depositional environment
is interpreted as low-relief floodplain with little lateral migration of lithofacies and with subsidence at approximately the same rate as deposition (Powers and Malde, 1961; Bjork, 1970; Malde, 1972; Lee et al., 1995). | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:fish, turtle, frog, and crawfish gastroliths also reported to be present (Prassack, 2016, p6) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 181255 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-08-30 13:01:11 | Last modified: | 2020-09-01 16:53:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-08-30 13:01:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60257. | K. A. Prassack. 2016. Lontra weiri, sp. nov., a Pliocene River Otter (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae, Lutrinae) from the Hagerman Fossil Beds (Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument), Idaho, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(4):e1149075 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 63540 | D. K. Lich. 1990. Cosomys primus: a case for stasis. Paleobiology 16(3):384-395 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |