Also known as Upper Blue Basin Section; Lower Foree Section
Where: Wheeler County, Oregon (44.7° N, 119.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 49.1° N, 105.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Turtle Cove Member (John Day Formation), Geringian (29.5 - 24.7 Ma)
• SCLF AA date of 28.9 Ma on Blue Basin Tuff between units E and F
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. B. Albright, M. O. Woodburne, T. J. Fremd, C. C. Swisher, B. J. MacFadden and G. R. Scott. 2008. Revised chronostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the John Day Formation (Turtle Cove and Kimberly Members), Oregon, with implications for updated calibration of the Arikareean North American land mammal age. 116(3):211-237 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17508: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Allomys sp. Marsh 1877 rodent | |
Temnocyon altigenis Cope 1878 bear-dog | |
Allocyon loganensis Merriam 1930 carnivoran | |
Nimravus brachyops Cope 1878 false sabre-tooth includes "N. gomphodus" and possibly "N. sp." of Fremd et al. 1994
? Hoplophoneus sp. Cope 1874 false sabre-tooth
"Eusmilus cerebralis" = Hoplophoneus cerebralis Cope 1880 false sabre-tooth | |
Cynarctoides lemur, Phlaocyon latidens, Rhizocyon oregonensis4, Paraenhydrocyon josephi, Enhydrocyon stenocephalus1
Phlaocyon latidens Cope 1881 bone-crushing dog
Enhydrocyon stenocephalus1 Cope 1879 canid may be the type, see Thorpe 1922 and Wang 1994; omitted by Albright et al. 2008, who do list "Enhydrocyon"
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Eporeodon occidentalis Marsh 1873 oreodont | |
Agriochoerus guyotianus2 Cope 1878 agriochoerid omitted by Albright et al. 2008, who do list "Agriochoerus"
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Hypertragulus hesperius Hay 1902 ruminant | |
Thinohyus sp. Marsh 1875 peccary | |
Archaeotherium sp. Leidy 1850 even-toed ungulate | |
Diceratherium sp. Marsh 1875 rhinoceros may include "D. armatum" and/or "D. annectens" of Fremd et al. 1994
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Miohippus sp. Marsh 1874 anchitheriine horse may include "M. anceps," "M. equiceps," "M. condoni," and/or "M. sp." of Fremd et al. 194
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