PBDB Collection

White Bluffs ( of the United States)

Also known as UCMP 2757; UCMP 3031

Where: Franklin County, Washington (46.3° N, 119.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 47.0° N, 117.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: upper Member (Ringold Formation), Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E. P. Gustafson. 1978. The Vertebrate Faunas of the Pliocene Ringold Formation, South-Central Washington. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 23:1-62 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 20063: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• originally described by Merriam and Buwalda 1917
composite of numerous localities from a 70 m interval
magnetically reversed

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Mammalia
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Hypolagus ringoldensis n. sp., Nekrolagus cf. progressus Hypolagus ringoldensis n. sp. Gustafson 1978 rabbit Nekrolagus cf. progressus Hibbard 1939 rabbit confirmed by White 1991a
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Neotoma cf. quadriplicata, Ophiomys mcknighti¹, Peromyscus nosher Neotoma cf. quadriplicata Hibbard 1941 pack rat Ophiomys mcknighti¹ Gustafson 1978 vole Peromyscus nosher Gustafson 1978 deer mouse
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor californicus, Dipoides rexroadensis Castor californicus Kellogg 1911 beaver Dipoides rexroadensis Hibbard and Riggs 1949 beaver
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Thomomys cf. gidleyi Thomomys cf. gidleyi Wilson 1933 pocket gopher
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Paenemarmota cf. sawrockensis², ? Spermophilus russelli, Ammospermophilus hanfordi Paenemarmota cf. sawrockensis² Hibbard 1964 squirrel "or Marmota" ? Spermophilus russelli Gustafson 1978 ground squirrel Ammospermophilus hanfordi Gustafson 1978 antelope squirrel
Perissodactyla - Equidae	"Equus cf. simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens "Equus cf. simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Teleoceras hicksi³ Teleoceras hicksi³ Cook 1927 rhinoceros UW C1399
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Bretzia pseudalces n. sp. Bretzia pseudalces n. sp. Fry and Gustafson 1974 deer
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Platygonus pearcei Platygonus pearcei Gazin 1938 peccary
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Hemiauchenia sp., Megatylopus cf. cochrani Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel Megatylopus cf. cochrani Hibbard and Riggs 1949 camel
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Trigonictis macrodon⁴ Trigonictis macrodon⁴ Cope 1868 mustelid carnivore
Carnivora - Ursidae	Plionarctos harroldorum n. sp.⁵ Plionarctos harroldorum n. sp.⁵ Tedford and Martin 2001 bear LACM 3879; also at Ringold Flat (SDSM V-8644), Savage Island (SDSM V-8645), UWBM A3036, UWBM A9292, and UWBM A8814; "Ursus cf. abstrusus"
Carnivora - Canidae	Borophagus hilli⁶, Eucyon davisi¹ Borophagus hilli⁶ Johnston 1939 bone-crushing dog Eucyon davisi¹ Merriam 1911 canine
Carnivora - Felidae	Machairodontinae indet., Felinae indet.¹ Machairodontinae indet. Gill 1872 cat Felinae indet.¹ Trouessart 1885 cat
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Scapanus sp. Scapanus sp. Pomel 1848 mole
Proboscidea - Mammutidae	Mammut americanum Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae	"Megalonyx rohrmanni" = Megalonyx leptostomus "Megalonyx rohrmanni" = Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893 edentate

¹Alroy 2002; ²Gustafson 1985; ³Gustafson 2012; ⁴Ray et al. 1981; ⁵Tedford and Martin 2001; ⁶Wang et al. 1999