Berends (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Beaver County, Oklahoma (36.8° N, 100.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.0° N, 100.1° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
• said to be early Illinoian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: A. Starrett. 1956. Pleistocene Mammals of the Berends Fauna of Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 30(5):1187-1192 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 20157: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jason Head
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• type of "Burosor efforsorius", j.s. of Castoroides ohioensis, is from a locality about 1 mi. from Berends
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Reptilia | |
Colubrinae indet.4, Pituophis melanoleucus4, Elaphe vulpina4, Lampropeltis getulus4, Lampropeltis triangulum4, Heterodon nasicus3, Heterodon platyrhinos4, Thamnophis sp.3, Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) radix4, Nerodia sp.4
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Mammalia | |
Castoroides sp. Foster 1838 giant beaver | |
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Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher | |
"Pedomys cf. ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Ondatra zibethicus1, Peromyscus berendsensis n. sp.
"Pedomys cf. ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster Wagner 1842 prairie vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Peromyscus berendsensis n. sp. Starrett 1956 deer mouse | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Sorex cf. cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew | |
Mammuthus cf. columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth |