Juniper Creek (UO 2451) (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Malheur County, Oregon (43.6° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 115.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

Primary reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1970. Pliocene mammals of southeast Oregon and adjacent Idaho. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 17:1-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18935: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Dipoides stirtoni Wilson 1934 beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus cf. wilsoni Shotwell 1956 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Goniodontomys disjunctus1 Wilson 1937 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus vetus Kellogg 1910 rabbit
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Sphenophalos sp. Merriam 1909 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.1 Gray 1821 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuinae indet.1 Palmer 1897 peccary
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Dinohippus spectans1 Cope 1880 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
"Teleoceras or Aphelops"
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Indarctos oregonensis Merriam et al. 1916 bear
 Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus sp. Leidy 1858 cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes stenognathus2 Savage 1941 fox