Persimmon Barrow: 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 cf. goorisi
(MacFadden and Skinner 1981)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Cormohipparion goorisi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Eucastor sp.
Allen 1877
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Castoridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| said to be new | ||||||||||
| 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 |
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 size: | 1 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:actually in Vernon "Parish" total generically identifiable NISP 1 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18652 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-03-21 05:34:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |