Gully Site: Barstovian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus gunteri
Simpson 1930
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Schiebout and Ting 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Limnoecus niobrarensis
Macdonald 1947
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Schiebout and Ting 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Copemys sp.
Wood 1936
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| see also Schiebout and Ting 1996; NISP based on Schiebout and Ting 2000 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Texomys ritchiei
Slaughter 1981
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| "T. sp." of Schiebout 1997a; NISP based on Schiebout and Ting 2000 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Eucastor sp.
Allen 1877
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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= Castoridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| said to be new: Schiebout and Ting 2000 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Proheteromys sp.
Wood 1932
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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= Geomyoidea indet.
Bonaparte 1845
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| "Heteromyidae indet." of Schiebout 1997a; NISP based on Schiebout and Ting 2000 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Vernon |
| Coordinates: | 31.1° North, 93.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 90.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fleming | Member: | Castor Creek |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve |
| Collection size: | 30 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:actually in Vernon "Parish" total generically identifiable NISP 30 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18632 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-03-21 05:33:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3030. | J. A. Schiebout. 1997. Paleofaunal survey, collecting, processing, and documentation at two locations on Fort Polk, Louisiana. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District; Contract No. DACW63-90-D-0008, Delivery Order 13 [No sponsoring agency report number given] 1-92 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 4152 | J. A. Schiebout and S. Ting. 2000. Paleofaunal survey, collecting, processing, and documentation at locations in the Castor Creek Member, Miocene Fleming Formation, Fort Polk, Louisiana. Louisiana State University Report to the Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Texas, USA 1-95 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |