Wilbur Locality, SDSM V8910 (Neogene of the United States)

Also known as UWBM C0163

Where: Yakima County, Washington (46.7° N, 120.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 118.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Ellensburg Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; diatomite and volcaniclastic

• dazzling white diatomite lens with reworked tephra

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. E. Martin and V. S. Mallory. 2011. Vertebrate Paleontology of the late Miocene (Hemphillian) Wilbur Locality of Central Washington. Paludicola 8(3):155-185 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 232055: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 15.10.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 15 species of diatoms also noted to occur here
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unclassified
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Artiodactyla indet.
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet.
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
 Testudines - Emydidae
Wilburemys yakimensis n. gen. n. sp.
Wilburemys yakimensis n. gen. n. sp. Martin and Mallory 2011 turtle
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus cf. vetus
Hypolagus cf. vetus Kellogg 1910 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
cf. Antecalomys sp., Copemys sp., Paronychomys sp.
cf. Antecalomys sp. Korth 1998 mouse
Copemys sp. Wood 1936 mouse
Paronychomys sp. Jacobs 1977 mouse
near P. woodburnei
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus wilsoni, Neotamias sp., Neotamias cf. malloryi
Spermophilus wilsoni Shotwell 1956 ground squirrel
Neotamias sp. Howell 1929 chipmunk
large sp.
Neotamias cf. malloryi Martin 1998 chipmunk
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus sp.
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839 pocket mouse
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Pliosaccomys prowitteorum n. sp.
Pliosaccomys prowitteorum n. sp. Martin and Mallory 2011 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp., Dipoides wilsoni
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver
Dipoides wilsoni Hibbard 1949 beaver
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Pliotaxidea nevadensis
Pliotaxidea nevadensis Butterworth 1916 badger
 Carnivora - Canidae
Eucyon davisi
Eucyon davisi Merriam 1911 canine
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet., Megatylopus sp.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
small gen. et sp. indet
Megatylopus sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 camel