PBDB Collection

Whisenhunt Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Beaver County, Oklahoma (36.8° N, 100.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 98.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Laverne Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. W. Dalquest, J. A. Baskin, and G. E. Schultz. 1996. Fossil mammals from a late Miocene (Clarendonian) site in Beaver County, Oklahoma. In J. K. Jones (ed.), Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 5:107-137 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18463: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• 100*2'15" W 36*45'33" N

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Mammalia
Chiroptera -	Chiroptera indet. Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat large: a bat
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Myotis cf. yumanensis Myotis cf. yumanensis Allen 1864 vesper bat a bat
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Sthenictis sp. Sthenictis sp. Peterson 1910 mustelid carnivore
Carnivora - Procyonidae	Paranasua sp. Paranasua sp. Baskin 1982 procyonid carnivore
Carnivora - Canidae	Aelurodon cf. taxoides Aelurodon cf. taxoides Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog confirmed by Wang et al. 1999
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Pseudhipparion sp., Hipparion cf. tehonense, Hippotherium sp.¹, Calippus martini, Pliohippus sp. Pseudhipparion sp. Ameghino 1904 hipparionine horse JA 13.6.97: "P. gratum"; description and illustration are not adequate to exclude P. hessei Hipparion cf. tehonense Merriam 1916 hipparionine horse probably OK, although there is nothing to distinguish this (or many other "H. tehonense") from Nannippus lenticularis: JA 13.6.97 Hippotherium sp.¹ Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse Calippus martini Hesse 1936 horse matches diagnosis: JA 13.6.97 Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874 horse seems OK based on curvature: JA 13.6.97
Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae	Merychyus sp.¹ Merychyus sp.¹ Leidy 1858 oreodont
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Tayassuidae indet.¹ Tayassuidae indet.¹ Palmer 1897 peccary
Artiodactyla -	Ruminantia indet. Ruminantia indet. ruminant
Artiodactyla - Moschidae	Moschidae indet. Moschidae indet. Gray 1821 musk deer
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	? Domninoides knoxjonesi n. sp., Domninoides hessei n. sp. ? Domninoides knoxjonesi n. sp. Dalquest et al. 1996 mole Domninoides hessei n. sp. Dalquest et al. 1996 mole
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Soricidae indet., ? Sorex sp., Tregosorex holmani Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew medium-sized ? Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew Tregosorex holmani Hibbard and Jammot 1971 red-toothed shrew
Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae	Untermannerix copiosus Untermannerix copiosus Rich 1981 hedgehog
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Oklahomalagus whisenhunti n. sp. Oklahomalagus whisenhunti n. sp. Dalquest et al. 1996 pika
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Pronotolagus apachensis Pronotolagus apachensis Gazin 1930 rabbit
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Macrognathomys gemmacolis Macrognathomys gemmacolis Green 1977 jumping mouse "gemmacollis"
Rodentia - Cricetidae	"Copemys mariae n. sp." = Honeymys mariae², "Tregomys shotwelli" = Copemys shotwelli "Copemys mariae n. sp." = Honeymys mariae² Baskin and Korth 1996 mouse "Tregomys shotwelli" = Copemys shotwelli Wilson 1968 mouse
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Miospermophilus lavertyi n. sp., "Tamiini indet." = Marmotini¹ Miospermophilus lavertyi n. sp. Dalquest et al. 1996 squirrel "Tamiini indet." = Marmotini¹ squirrel
Rodentia - Castoridae	"Eucastor planus" = Nothodipoides planus "Eucastor planus" = Nothodipoides planus Stirton 1935 beaver
Rodentia - Eomyidae	Leptodontomys sp.³ Leptodontomys sp.³ Shotwell 1956 rodent OMNH 72076

¹Alroy 2002; ²Baskin and Korth 1996; ³Smith 2005