Also known as Upper Foree Section
Where: Wheeler County, Oregon (44.7° N, 119.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 109.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Turtle Cove Member (John Day Formation), Geringian (30.8 - 26.3 Ma)
• SCLF AA date of 28.9 Ma on Blue Basin Tuff between units E and F
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1879. Scientific news. The American Naturalist 13(12):798a-798b [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93078: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 28.12.2009, edited by Chris Bell, Mark Uhen and Nicholas Famoso
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Dyticonastis rensbergeri2 Berman 1976 worm lizard type specimen "Collected from below the Picture Gorge ignimbrite of the Turtle Cove Member of the John Day Formation (See Fisher and Rensberger, 1973) at UCMP South Canyon locality (V-6630), in SE1/4 sec. 3, T. 19 S., R. 20 E., Crescent Quadrangle Oregon. This level has been determined as late Whitneyan (latest Oligocene in age." (p. 168)
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Corumictis wolsani n. gen. n. sp.5
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Cormocyon copei1, Phlaocyon latidens1, Cynarctoides lemur1, Rhizocyon oregonensis1, Leptocyon mollis1, Mesocyon coryphaeus1, Mesocyon brachyops1, Paraenhydrocyon josephi1, Osbornodon sesnoni1
Leptocyon mollis1 Merriam 1906 canine may by "Nothocyon geismarianus mollis" of Merriam and Sinclair 1907
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Nimravus brachyops1, Dinaelurus crassus1, "Hoplophoneus platycopis n. sp." = Pogonodon platycopis, "Dinictis cyclops" = Dinictis felina1
"Hoplophoneus platycopis n. sp." = Pogonodon platycopis Cope 1879 false sabre-tooth includes "Nimravus davisi" of Fremd et al. 1994; this is the type specimen according to Bryant and Fremd 1998 and is from above the Blue Basin Tuff; Fremd et al. also list playtcopis under Nimravus
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Eporeodon occidentalis1 Marsh 1873 oreodont includes "E. pacificus" and possibly "Eucrotaphus trigonocephalus," "Eucrotaphus condoni," "Pseudogenetochoerus covensis," and/or "Hypsiops johndayensis" of Fremd et al. 1994
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Micropternodus morgani4 Stirton and Rensberger 1964 placental omitted by Albright et al. 2008; possibly from unit D
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"Archaeolagus ennisianus" = Lepus ennisianus1
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