Wild Horse Butte ( of the United States)

Also known as UO 2396

Where: Owyhee County, Idaho (43.0° N, 118.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 117.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

Primary reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1970. Pliocene mammals of southeast Oregon and adjacent Idaho. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 17:1-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 19911: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor californicus1 Kellogg 1911 beaver
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mictomys vetus1 Wilson 1933 bog lemming
Ondatra idahoensis1 Wilson 1933 muskrat
Ophiomys parvus Wilson 1933 vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus furlongi Gazin 1934 rabbit
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus idahoensis" = Plesippus idahoensis1
"Equus idahoensis" = Plesippus idahoensis1 Merriam 1918 horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus lucasi2 Hay 1927 New World deer
 Carnivora - Felidae
? Homotherium idahoensis Merriam 1918 cat
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893 edentate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Stegomastodon mirificus Leidy 1858 gomphothere