Paulina Creek (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Crook County, Oregon (44.2° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 115.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1958. Evolution and Biogeography of the Aplodontid and Mylagaulid Rodents. Evolution 12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19006: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

• this is a Downs 1956 locality; placed somewhere in "east central Oregon" and Paulina Creek is in Crook County
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Phasianidae
Phasianus americanus2 Shufeldt 1915 pheasant
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Liodontia alexandrae Furlong 1910 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Hesperogaulus sp.1 Korth 1999 rodent