Also known as CIT Vert. Paleo. Locality 22 (CIT 22)
Where: Grant County, Oregon (44.3° N, 119.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 112.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Johnson Canyon Member (John Day Formation), Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• In Lull 1921: Upper John Day (Promerycochcerus beds), uppermost levels, several hundred feet above that of P. (G.) sternbergi.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. F. Dougherty. 1940. Skull and skeletal remains of the camel Paratylopus cameloides (Wortman) from the John Day deposits, Oregon. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 514(4):49-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/W. Clyde]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 157001: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 03.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Choerodon caninus n. sp." = Archaeotherium caninus2
"Choerodon caninus n. sp." = Archaeotherium caninus2 Troxell 1920 even-toed ungulate YPM 11665; Foss and Fremd 1998 put this as the type locality
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"Eporeodon davisi n. sp." = Eporeodon occidentalis5, "Pseudogenetochoerus covensis n. sp." = Eporeodon pacificus5, Eporeodon (Paraeporeodon) pacificus5, "Desmatochoerus leidyi" = Promerycochoerus leidyi4, "Superdesmatochoerus microcephalus" = Promerycochoerus superbus4, "Oreodontoides (Paroreodon) stocki" = Paroreodon parvus3
"Desmatochoerus leidyi" = Promerycochoerus leidyi4 Bettany 1876 oreodont collected by Day and Warfield, 1877
"Superdesmatochoerus microcephalus" = Promerycochoerus superbus4 Leidy 1870 oreodont collected by William Day, 1875
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"Paratylopus cameloides n. sp." = Gentilicamelus cameloides
"Paratylopus cameloides n. sp." = Gentilicamelus cameloides Wortman 1898 camel | |