Where: Vernon County, Louisiana (31.1° N, 93.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 90.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Castor Creek Member (Fleming Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve
Primary reference: J. A. Schiebout. 1997. Paleofaunal survey, collecting, processing, and documentation at two locations on Fort Polk, Louisiana. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District; Contract No. DACW63-90-D-0008, Delivery Order 13 [No sponsoring agency report number given] 1-92 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18659: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
total generically identifiable NISP < 780
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Texomys ritchiei Slaughter 1981 rodent "T. sp." of Schiebout 1997a; NISP based on Schiebout and Ting 2000
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Limnoecus niobrarensis Macdonald 1947 shrew NISP <= 41, some from TVOR; includes additional 35 specimens reported by Schiebout and Ting 2000
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Merychippus sp.2 Leidy 1856 horse postcranial, M. gunteri and M. goorisi are present in nearby sites
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