Juniper Creek (UO 2469): Hemphillian, Oregon

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Indarctos oregonensis Merriam et al. 1916
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis davisi Merriam 1911
    = Eucyon davisi Merriam 1911
Alroy 2002
Vulpes stenognathus Savage 1941
Tedford et al. 2009
"UO 2489"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodontinae indet. Gill 1872
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus spectans (Cope 1880)
    = Dinohippus spectans Cope 1880
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Camelidae
Megatylopus sp. (Matthew and Cook 1909)
    = Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Sphenophalos sp. Merriam 1909
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus vetus (Kellogg 1910)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus cf. pliocenicus Wilson 1937
(1 measurement)
    = Basirepomys sp. Korth and De Blieux 2010
Korth and De Blieux 2010
    = Paronychomys shotwelli n. sp. Korth 2011
Korth 2011
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus cf. wilsoni (Shotwell 1956)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Dipoides stirtoni Wilson 1934
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Diprionomys parvus Kellogg 1910
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:18936
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 20:47:40
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]
57584 W. W. Korth. 2011. New Species of Cricetid Rodents (Mammalia) from the Late Miocene (Hemphillian) Previously Referred to Peromyscus pliocenicus Wilson. Annals of Carnegie Museum 79(2):137-147 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
32080 W. W. Korth and D. D. De Blieux. 2010. Rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Hemphillian (Late Miocene) of Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):226-235 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
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]