Hagerman snake locality: Blancan, Idaho

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natrix hibbardi n. sp.
15 specimens
Thamnophis indet. Fitzinger 1843
6 specimens
Lampropeltis indet. Fitzinger 1843
5 specimens
Coluber indet. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Elaphe pliocenica n. sp.
4 specimens
Elaphe vulpina (Baird and Girard 1853)
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Idaho County:Twin Falls
Coordinates: 42.8° North, 114.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.0° North, 114.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.90000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Hgrmn Local bed:3295 ft
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Taxonomic list comments:elevation 3295'
said by Hibbard and Bjork 1971 to be 270' stratigraphically higher than USGS 20765, and by Hibbard and Zakrzewski 1967 to be at the level of the Gidley Horse Quarry; all of this is concordant with the elevation of 3295' given by Hibbard
see also Shotwell 1970
Metadata
Database number:140258
Authorizer:J. Head Enterer:J. Head
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-03-06 10:13:33 Last modified:2013-03-05 17:13:33
Access level:the public Released:2013-03-06 10:13:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

45330. J. A. Holman. 1968. Upper Pliocene snakes from Idaho. Copeia 1968(1):152-158 [J. Head/J. Head]