Picture Gorge 36 (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V76124; "Drees"; JDNM-49 Bone Creek; UCMP V5954

Where: Grant County, Oregon (44.7° N, 119.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 113.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Rose Creek Member (John Day Formation), Early/Lower Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; pebbly, tuffaceous conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. C. Coombs, R. M. Hunt, Jr., E. Stepleton, L. B. Albright, III, and T. J. Fremd. 2001. Stratigraphy, chronology, biogeography, and taxonomy of early Miocene small chalicotheres of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):607-620 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 167866: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 04.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulodon sp.3
Mylagaulodon sp.3 Sinclair 1903 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
cf. Hystricops sp.3
cf. Hystricops sp.3 Leidy 1858 beaver
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum2, Amphicyon cf. galushai1
Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum2 Peterson 1910 bear-dog
Amphicyon cf. galushai1 Hunt 2003 bear-dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Parahippus pawniensis3
Parahippus pawniensis3 Gidley 1907 anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Moropus sp.1
Moropus sp.1 Marsh 1877 chalicothere
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycochoerus magnus4
Merycochoerus magnus4 Loomis 1924 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Barbouromeryx sp.3
Barbouromeryx sp.3 Frick 1937 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
"Parablastomeryx schultzi" = Pseudoblastomeryx advena3, Parablastomeryx sp.3
"Parablastomeryx schultzi" = Pseudoblastomeryx advena3 Matthew 1907 musk deer
Parablastomeryx sp.3 Frick 1937 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
cf. Protolabis sp.3, Paratylopus sp.3
cf. Protolabis sp.3 Cope 1876 camel
Paratylopus sp.3 Matthew 1904 camel
1Coombs and Hunt 2015; 2Hunt 2009; 3Hunt and Stepleton 2004; 4Lander and Lindsay 2011