Railroad Canyon (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Lemhi County, Idaho (45.0° N, 113.6° W: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 110.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: uppermost Member (Railroad Canyon Beds Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: R. Nichols. 1998. Idaho Museum of Natural History Occasional Paper 36:10-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 19013: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 13.10.1998
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Taxonomic list
• Nichols' list includes so many invalid names that it must be considered suspect
"geomyid" apparently comes from a much lower part of the section
"Merycodus sp." seems dubious because Nichols goes on to list Cosoryx later in the list, after the tayassuids, which suggests they are the same thing
"geomyid" apparently comes from a much lower part of the section
"Merycodus sp." seems dubious because Nichols goes on to list Cosoryx later in the list, after the tayassuids, which suggests they are the same thing
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Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid | |
Equidae indet.1, Hypohippus sp., Archaeohippus minimus, Equinae indet.1, "Merychippus isonesus" = Acritohippus isonesus
Hypohippus sp. Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse
Archaeohippus minimus Douglass 1899 anchitheriine horse
"Merychippus isonesus" = Acritohippus isonesus Cope 1889 horse | |
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
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Brachycrus sp.3 Matthew 1901 oreodont from "Railroad Canyon, near Tunnel Draw, Lemhi County" and "B. sp." of Nichols; said by Kelly and Lander 1988 to be "B. laticeps"
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Cynorca sp. Cope 1867 peccary | |
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Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956 camel | |
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Cosoryx sp. Leidy 1869 pronghorn | |
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Dromomeryx sp. Douglass 1909 ruminant | |
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Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole | |
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Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit this may include Hypolagus gidleyi of White 1988 from "Railroad Canyon" (state not specified, and said to be Blancan)
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Heteromyidae indet. Gray 1868 rodent | |