Pekania occulta type locality: late Early Hemphillian, Oregon
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Oregon | County: | Grant |
| Coordinates: | 44.5° North, 119.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° North, 115.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 793 meters |
Time
| Period: | Neogene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | late Early Hemphillian |
| Age range of interval: | 9.4 - 4.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rattlesnake | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Lower fanglomerate member of the Rattlesnake Formation..." |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,red siltstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 163572 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-11-04 12:21:11 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-11-04 12:21:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53356. | J. X. Samuels and J. Cavin. 2013. The Earliest Known Fisher (Mustelidae), a New Species From the Rattlesnake Formation of Oregon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2):448-454 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |