Jackass Butte (UO 2404): Blancan, Idaho
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Ray et al. 1981 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Stegomastodon mirificus
(Leidy 1858)
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx leptostomus
Cope 1893
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= Megalonyx sp.
Harlan 1825
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Hirschfeld and Webb 1968 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Plesippus idahoensis
(Merriam 1918)
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= Equus idahoensis
Merriam 1918
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Plesippus idahoensis | ||||||||||
| confirmed by Downs and Miller 1994, Kelly 1997 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Odocoileus lucasi
Hay 1927
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Morejohn and Dailey 2004 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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Gigantocamelus sp.
Barbour and Schultz 1939
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus sp.
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis lacustris
Gazin 1933
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= Puma lacustris
Gazin 1933
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| mentioned by Werdelin 1985 | ||||||||||
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? Homotherium idahoensis
(Merriam 1918)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Trigonictis cookii
(Gazin 1934)
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| see also Ray et al. 1981 | ||||||||||
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Trigonictis idahoensis
(Gazin 1934)
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= Trigonictis macrodon
Cope 1868
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| see Ray et al. 1981 | ||||||||||
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Lutra ingens
Gazin 1934
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= Satherium piscinarium
Leidy 1873
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Canini indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Borophagus sp.
Cope 1892
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= Borophagus diversidens
Cope 1892
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Soricidae indet.
Fischer 1814
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus furlongi
Gazin 1934
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor accessor
Hay 1927
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= Castor californicus
Kellogg 1911
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon bathygnathum
Wilson 1935
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Synaptomys vetus
Wilson 1933
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= Mictomys vetus
Wilson 1933
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Pliopotamys idahoensis
(Wilson 1933)
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= Ondatra idahoensis
Wilson 1933
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Ophiomys parvus n. sp.
(Wilson 1933)
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| see Hibbard and Zakrzewski 1967a | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Idaho | County: | Owyhee |
| Coordinates: | 43.0° North, 118.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.1° North, 117.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Owyhe | Local bed: | 3 |
| 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 |
| Taxonomic list comments:section is is entirely reversed and is said to correspond biochronologically with Sand Point, but there is no direct stratigraphic correlation: Neville et al. 1979 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19913 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-09-07 20:52:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 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] | |
| 1919 | S. E. Hirschfeld and S. D. Webb. 1968. Plio-Pleistocene Megalonychid Sloths of North America. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 12(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 83085 | G. V. Morejohn and D. C. Dailey. 2004. The identify and postcranial osteology of Odocoileus lucasi (Hay) 1927: A Plio-Pleistocene Deer from California and Idaho. Sierra College Natural History Museum Bulletin 1:1-53 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 2841 | C. E. Ray, E. Anderson, and S. D. Webb. 1981. The Blancan carnivore Trigonictis (Mammalia: Mustelidae) in the Eastern United States. Brimleyana 5:1-36 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 3558 | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |