Rose Creek North (2540-2555 ft. level) ( of the United States)

Where: Grant County, Oregon (44.7° N, 119.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 110.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Kimberly Member (John Day Formation), Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; pebbly, gray conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. M. Hunt, Jr. and E. Stepleton. 2004. Geology and paleontology of the upper John Day beds, John Day river valley, Oregon: lithostratigraphic and biochronologic revision in the Haystack Valley and Kimberly areas (Kimberly and Mt. Misery quadrangles). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 282:1-90 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 170309: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 18.06.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• technically a part of the Haystack Valley Mbr. of earlier authors, but collections are new and from higher levels
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
"small canid" - UNSM 7003-95
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
UNSM 7007-95
 Rodentia - Entoptychidae
Entoptychus sp.
Entoptychus sp. Cope 1878 rodent
UNSM 4105-96