Durham (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Roger Mills County, Oklahoma (35.8° N, 99.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 97.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. E. Schultz. 1977. Guidebook field conference on Late Cenozoic biostratigraphy of the Texas panhandle and adjacent Oklahoma. Special Publication Kilgore Research Center 1:105-145 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 18130: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

• Hulbert 1989 pers. commun.: equids
"Megatylopus sp." is an intrusive Bison jaw: Czaplewski et al. 1994
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus sp.
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839 pocket mouse
"P. cf. pearlettensis?"
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulidae indet.1
Mylagaulidae indet.1 Cope 1881 rodent
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitinae indet.
Mephitinae indet. Bonaparte 1845 skunk
 Carnivora - Canidae
Caninae indet.1, Epicyon haydeni2
Caninae indet.1 Gill 1872 canine
Epicyon haydeni2 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Calippus martini, Pliohippus pernix, Hipparion tehonense, Hippotherium sp.1, Pseudhipparion skinneri
Calippus martini Hesse 1936 horse
Pliohippus pernix Marsh 1874 horse
Hipparion tehonense Merriam 1916 hipparionine horse
Hippotherium sp.1 Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
Pseudhipparion skinneri Webb and Hulbert 1986 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet.
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
? Merychyus sp.1
? Merychyus sp.1 Leidy 1858 oreodont
1Alroy 2002; 2Wang et al. 1999