Little Valley (UO 2516) (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: Chalk Butte Formation, 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 18944: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
? Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821 vesper bat
a bat
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus vetus Kellogg 1910 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Goniodontomys disjunctus Wilson 1937 rodent
Peromyscus antiquus Kellogg 1910 deer mouse
"Antecalomys valensis" = Postcopemys valensis Shotwell 1967 rodent
Copemys cf. esmeraldensis Clark et al. 1964 rodent
"Peromyscus cf. pliocenicus" = Basirepomys pliocenicus Wilson 1937 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
two forms, "A" and "B"
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
"Pliosaccomys cf. magnus" = Cupidinimus magnus Kellogg 1910 rodent
Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875 rodent
Diprionomys parvus Kellogg 1910 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Dipoides vallicula Shotwell 1970 beaver
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Plionictis oregonensis Shotwell 1970 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Canidae
Eucyon davisi Merriam 1911 canine
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Scapanus proceridens Hutchison 1968 mole
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew