Fossil Creek Roadcut ( of the United States)

Where: Owyhee County, Idaho (43.0° N, 118.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 43.7° N, 116.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. G. M. Thewissen and G. R. Smith. 1987. Vespertilionid Bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Idaho. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(9):237-245 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 19766: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• between ashes dated at 3.3 +/- 0.4 and 2.5 +/- 0.2 Ma; not clear if this is on glass or not
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Lasiurus fossilis Hibbard 1950 hairy-tailed bat
a bat