Taunton: Blancan, Washington

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Tauntonophis morganorum n. gen., n. sp.
Parmley and Walker 2003
Reptilia - Boidae
Charina bottae (Blainville 1835)
Parmley and Walker 2003
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Parmley and Walker 2003
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811
Parmley and Walker 2003
Coluber sp. or Masticophis sp.
Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus 1766)
Parmley and Walker 2003
recombined as Lampropeltis getulus
Pituophis catenifer
Parmley and Walker 2003
Elaphe pliocenica
Parmley and Walker 2003
Elaphe vulpina (Baird and Girard 1853)
Parmley and Walker 2003
Thamnophis sp. Fitzinger 1843
Parmley and Walker 2003
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus cf. howelli (Hibbard 1941)
Goodwin and Morgan 1993
? Spermophilus cf. russelli Gustafson 1978
Goodwin and Morgan 1993
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Paraneotoma fossilis
    = Neotoma cf. fossilis Gidley 1922
Morgan and Morgan 1995
"N. sp." of Zakrzewski 1993: "N. cf. quadriplicata" of Gustafson 1985a
Pliopotamys minor (Kretzoi 1955)
    = Ondatra minor Kretzoi 1955
Alroy 2002
Ophiomys taylori (Hibbard 1959)
Gustafson 1985
"Mimomys taylori-parvus" according to Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor californicus Kellogg 1911
Gustafson 1985
Procastoroides sp. Barbour and Schultz 1937
    = Procastoroides cf. idahoensis Shotwell 1970
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Morgan and Morgan 1995
large
Thomomys cf. gidleyi Wilson 1933
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Prodipodomys sp. Hibbard 1939
Dalquest et al. 1992
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
    = Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Alilepus cf. wilsoni White 1991
White and Morgan 1995
Pratilepus vagus (Gazin 1934)
    = Alilepus vagus Gazin 1934
Gustafson 1985
Hypolagus edensis Frick 1921
White 1988
presumably includes "H. limnetus" of Gustafson 1985a
Hypolagus ringoldensis Gustafson 1978
White and Morgan 1995
Hypolagus furlongi Gazin 1934
White and Morgan 1995
Hypolagus gidleyi White 1988
White 1988
presumably includes "H. cf. vetus" of Gustafson 1985a
? Nekrolagus sp. Hibbard 1939
White and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Morgan and Morgan 1995
large
Sorex cf. meltoni Hibbard and Bjork 1971
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Tremarctos floridanus (Gidley 1928)
    = Plionarctos cf. harroldorum Tedford and Martin 2001
Tedford and Martin 2001
replaces ID of Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae
Parailurus sp. Schlosser 1899
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Satherium piscinarium (Leidy 1873)
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Taxidea sp. Waterhouse 1839
Mustela cf. rexroadensis Hibbard 1950
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Trigonictis cookii (Gazin 1934)
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
? Procyon sp. Storr 1780
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Bassariscus cf. casei Hibbard 1952
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Buisnictis breviramus (Hibbard 1941)
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Spilogale sp. Gray 1865
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
Morgan and Morgan 1995
said to possibly be a "machairodont"
Dinofelis cf. palaeoonca (Meade 1945)
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Lynx cf. rufus (Schreber 1777)
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Felis lacustris Gazin 1933
    = Puma lacustris Gazin 1933
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Morgan and Morgan 1995
two forms
Canis lepophagus Johnston 1938
Borophagus diversidens Cope 1892
Morgan and Morgan 1995
placed at LACM loc. 6408 by Wang et al. 1999
Mammalia - Cervidae
? Rangifer sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
    = ? Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866
(4 measurements)
    = Capromeryx tauntonensis n. sp. Morgan and Morgan 1995
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Hemiauchenia cf. blancoensis (Meade 1945)
    = Hemiauchenia cf. macrocephala Cope 1893
Morgan and Morgan 1995
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus simplicidens Cope 1892
recombined as Plesippus simplicidens
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893
Morgan and Morgan 1995
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Washington County:Adams
Coordinates: 47.0° North, 118.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.2° North, 117.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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
Formation:Ringold
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:LACM
Taxonomic list comments:50 m thick interval - magnetically reversed
stratigraphic position relative to main Ringold Fm. sites not known
UWBM A 9326 is a new quarry opened in 1988: White and Morgan 1995
Metadata
Also known as:LACM loc. 6048; UWBM A 9326
Database number:20062
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-07-15 19:07:19
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3382. R. H. Tedford and E. P. Gustafson. 1977. First North American record of the extinct panda Parailurus. Nature 265:621-623 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1327 W. W. Dalquest, J. V. Grimes, and F. B. Stangle, Jr. 1992. Characters of the upper premolar of five species of Dipodomys and evidence for diphyly in the genus. Southwestern Naturalist 37(3):231-246 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
6248 H. T. Goodwin and J. K. Morgan. 1993. Evolutionary and biogeographic implications of ground squirrels from the mid-Blancan Taunton local fauna, south-central Washington. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3):38A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1755 E. P. Gustafson. 1985. Soricids (Mammalia, Insectivora) from the Blufftop Local Fauna, Blancan Ringold Formation of Central Washington, and the Correlation of Ringold Formation Faunas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
2625 J. K. Morgan and N. H. Morgan. 1995. A New Species of Capromeryx (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from the Taunton Local Fauna of Washington, and the Correlation with Other Blancan Faunas of Washington and Idaho. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(1):160-170 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
10012 D. Parmley and D. Walker. 2003. Snakes of the Pliocene Taunton local fauna of Adams County, Washington with the description of a new colubrid. Journal of Herpetology 37(2):235-244 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
4150 R. H. Tedford and J. Martin. 2001. Plionarctos, a tremarctine bear (Ursidae: Carnivora) from western North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2):311-321 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3632 J. A. White. 1988. The Archaeolaginae (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) of North America, Excluding Archaeolagus and Panolax. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):425-450 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
3635 J. A. White and N. H. Morgan. 1995. The Leporidae (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from the Blancan (Pliocene) Taunton Local Fauna of Washington. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(2):366-374 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]