Buckshot Arroyo (OMNH VP locality no. V671): Late/Upper Hemphillian, Oklahoma
collected by N. J. Czaplewski, K. L. Davis 2000
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Terrapene parornata n. sp.
Joyce et al. 2012
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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| "tortoise peripheral" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equinae indet.
Steinmann and Döderlein 1890
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| partial dentary of a "large" horse | ||||||||||
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Pseudhipparion simpsoni
Webb and Hulbert 1986
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Marmotini indet.
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| "ground squirrel dentary" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Oklahoma | County: | Beaver |
| Coordinates: | 36.9° North, 100.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.2° North, 98.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Hemphillian |
| Age range of interval: | 9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rexroad | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: formational assignment for the Buis Ranch local fauna is called into question | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: "a poorly consolidated sand above a caliche layer" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | N. J. Czaplewski, K. L. Davis | Collection dates: | 2000 |
| Collection method comments: Oklahoma Museum of Natural History collection | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Buis Ranch | ||
| Database number: | 125717 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-03-18 14:59:36 | Last modified: | 2012-03-17 22:59:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-18 14:59:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40826. | W. G. Joyce, A. Petričević, T. R. Lyson and N. J. Czaplewski. 2012. A new box turtle from the Miocene/Pliocene boundary (latest Hemphillian) of Oklahoma and a refined chronology of box turtle diversification. Journal of Paleontology 86(1):177-190 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |