Little Valley (UO 2380): Hemphillian, Oregon
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis davisi
Merriam 1911
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= Eucyon davisi
Merriam 1911
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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 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Megatylopus sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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= Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scapanus proceridens
Hutchison 1968
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus vetus
(Kellogg 1910)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Dipoides sp.
Jaeger 1835
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| genus present in the main part of the locality, and D. stirtoni is present in a pocket of possibly reworked material | ||||||||||
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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
| Formation: | Chalk Butte | ||
| Local section: | MlhrE | Local bed: | 3 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18943 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-07-29 09:53:41 |
| 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] |