Westend Blowout (Neogene of the United States)

Also known as Ordnance; SDSM V801; UO 2349; UWBM A8803

Where: Morrow County, Oregon (45.8° N, 119.3° W: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 116.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Alkali Canyon Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• "relatively thin stratigraphic unit"; see Martin 1998 for stratigraphic nomenclature

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified, tuffaceous sandstone and tuff

• "unconsolidated sands, tuffaceous sandstone and tuffs"

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the SDSM

Collection methods: surface (float),

• collection on hands and knees" from a blowout

Primary reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1958. Inter-community relationships in Hemphillian (mid-Pliocene) mammals. Ecology 39(2):271-282 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/W. Clyde]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 19116: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Nicholas Famoso

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut sp. Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
Mammut matthewi9 Osborn 1921 mastodon
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp.5 Harlan 1825 edentate
"sloth"
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
"hipparion horse": Shotwell 1961; misidentified "Pliohippus sp."
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
large and small
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuinae indet.1 Palmer 1897 peccary
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
large
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursidae indet. Gray 1825 bear
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Plesiogulo marshalli4 Martin 1928 mustelid carnivore
Pliotaxidea nevadensis10 Butterworth 1916 badger
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyonidae indet.1 Gray 1825 procyonid carnivore
 Carnivora - Canidae
Eucyon davisi3 Merriam 1911 canine
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scapanus proceridens6 Hutchison 1968 mole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Neotamias malloryi8 Martin 1998 chipmunk
Spermophilus shotwelli2 Black 1963 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus stevei n. sp.7 Martin 1984 pocket mouse
UWBM A8803 DUPLICATE REF 2411 or 2424
Oregonomys pebblespringsensis7 Martin 1984 rodent
UWBM A8803 DUPLICATE REF 2411 or 2424
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver