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
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
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Mammut sp. Blumenbach 1799 mastodon | |
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Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse "hipparion horse": Shotwell 1961; misidentified "Pliohippus sp."
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Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros | |
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Ursidae indet. Gray 1825 bear | |
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Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver |