Also known as Hagerman
Where: Twin Falls County, Idaho (42.8° N, 115.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 114.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Glenns Ferry Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)
• "approximately 23 m below a basalt flow dated at 3.68 ± 0.02 Ma and about 9 m below a basaltic ash dated at 3.79 ± 0.03 Ma"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. Samuels, J. Meachen-Samuels in 2006
Primary reference: J. X. Samuels, J. A. Meachem-Samuels, and P. A. Gensler. 2009. The first mid-Blancan occurrence of Agriotherium (Ursidae) in North America: a record from Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho. Journal of Paleontology 83(4):597-603 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 93106: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 04.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Salmonidae indet. Cuvier 1816 | |
Mammalia | |
"Agriotherium cf. schneideri" = Huracan schneideri
"Agriotherium cf. schneideri" = Huracan schneideri Sellards 1916 bear | |
Paracryptotis gidleyi Gazin 1933 red-toothed shrew | |
Cosomys primus Wilson 1932 vole
Ophiomys taylori Hibbard 1959 vole
"Pliopotamys minor" = Ondatra minor Kretzoi 1955 muskrat | |
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Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
Alilepus vagus Gazin 1934 rabbit
Hypolagus vetus Kellogg 1910 rabbit |