Bartlett Mountain (UO 2517): Hemphillian, Oregon

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894
Mammalia - Camelidae
Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858
    = Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scapanus sp. Pomel 1848
subgenus Scapanus of Hutchison 1968
Scalopoides sp. Wilson 1960
form "C" of Hutchison 1968
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
    = Archaeolaginae indet.
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Macrognathomys cf. nanus Hall 1930
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Oryzomys sp. Baird 1857
    = Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Alroy 2002
could be "Peromyscus" pliocaenicus, which in turn could be Calomys (Bensonomys): Baskin 1986
Peromyscus antiquus Kellogg 1910
Peromyscus valensis Shotwell 1967
(1 measurement)
    = Antecalomys valensis Shotwell 1967
Alroy 2002
recombined as Postcopemys valensis
Microtoscoptes disjunctus (Wilson 1937)
(6 measurements)
    = Goniodontomys disjunctus Wilson 1937
Alroy 2002
Peromyscus esmeraldensis (Clark et al. 1964)
(1 measurement)
    = Copemys cf. esmeraldensis Clark et al. 1964
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Tardontia sp. Shotwell 1958
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus cf. wilsoni (Shotwell 1956)
Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880
    = Tamiini indet.
Alroy 2002
synonym of Marmotini
not clear from Shotwell's description what characters support this
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Dipoides stirtoni Wilson 1934
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Pliosaccomys magnus (Kellogg 1910)
recombined as Cupidinimus magnus
Diprionomys cf. parvus Kellogg 1910
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841
    = Dipodomyinae indet.
Alroy 2002
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
    = Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Leptodontomys sp. Shotwell 1956
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oregon County:Harney
Coordinates: 42.7° North, 118.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.1° North, 117.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Miocene
Key time interval:Hemphillian
Age range of interval:9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Drewsey Member:Tuff Sandstone
Local section:MlhrN Local bed:5
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:18807
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-09-27 00:00:00 Last modified:2007-09-07 20:46:43
Access level:the public Released:1993-09-27 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3118. J. A. Shotwell. 1970. Pliocene mammals of southeast Oregon and adjacent Idaho. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 17:1-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]