Where: Owyhee County, Idaho (42.8° N, 115.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 114.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Chalk Hills Formation (Idaho Group), early Early Hemphillian to early Early Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; siltstone and sandy conglomerate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: permineralized
Collection methods: Idaho Museum of Natural History collection
Primary reference: R. A. Rapp. 2006. Owyhee bones: Hemphillian (latest Miocene) Little Jacks Creek (LJC) and Sugar Creek (SC) terrestrial local faunas of the western Snake River Plain, Owyhee County, Idaho. Idaho State University i-397 [J. Orcutt/J. Orcutt/J. Orcutt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 218109: authorized by John Orcutt, entered by John Orcutt on 18.02.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog | |
Reptilia | |
"? Clemmys owyheensis" = Emys marmorata
"? Clemmys owyheensis" = Emys marmorata Baird and Girard 1852 western pond turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Dipoides wilsoni Hibbard 1949 beaver | |
Pliosaccomys sp. Wilson 1936 pocket gopher | |
Heteromyidae indet. Gray 1868 rodent
cf. Heteromyidae indet. Gray 1868 rodent | |
"cf. Peromyscus pliocenicus" = Basirepomys pliocenicus
"cf. Peromyscus pliocenicus" = Basirepomys pliocenicus Wilson 1937 mouse | |
cf. Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
Spermophilus cf. matachisensis ground squirrel | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole | |
Mustelidae "sp. A" Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
Mustelidae "sp. B" Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
Puma cf. lacustris Gazin 1933 cougar | |
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox | |
"Pliohippus spectans" = Dinohippus spectans, Cormohipparion sp.
"Pliohippus spectans" = Dinohippus spectans Cope 1880 horse
Cormohipparion sp. Skinner and MacFadden 1977 hipparionine horse Named in thesis as n. sp. C. plicoartus
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Aphelops cf. mutilus Matthew 1924 rhinoceros
Teleoceras cf. fossiger Cope 1878 rhinoceros | |
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn | |
Megatylopus cf. gigas Matthew and Cook 1909 camel
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
? Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858 camel
? Alforjas sp. Harrison 1979 camel | |
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary |