Red Basin (UO 2498) (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Malheur County, Oregon (43.6° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 114.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Butte Creek Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; volcaniclastic sediments
• Volcanic Sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1968. Miocene mammals of southeast Oregon. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 14:1-67 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 19020: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.07.1994
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Acritohippus isonesus Cope 1889 horse
Merychippus cf. brevidontus Bode 1935 horse |