Juniper Creek (UO 2451): Hemphillian, Oregon
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus cf. wilsoni
(Shotwell 1956)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtoscoptes disjunctus
(Wilson 1937)
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= Goniodontomys disjunctus
Wilson 1937
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Dipoides stirtoni
Wilson 1934
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus vetus
(Kellogg 1910)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Indarctos oregonensis
Merriam et al. 1916
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Pseudaelurus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes stenognathus
Savage 1941
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Sphenophalos sp.
Merriam 1909
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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= Tayassuinae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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= Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
and "Megatylopus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Pliohippus spectans
(Cope 1880)
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= Dinohippus spectans
Cope 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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"Teleoceras or Aphelops" | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Oregon | County: | Malheur |
Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 117.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° North, 115.8° 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
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: | 18935 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-09-07 20:49:03 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 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] | |
52058 | R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd] |