Hagerman snake locality: Blancan, Idaho
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Natrix hibbardi n. sp.
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15 specimens | ||||||
Thamnophis indet.
Fitzinger 1843
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6 specimens | ||||||
Lampropeltis indet.
Fitzinger 1843
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5 specimens | ||||||
Coluber indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | ||||||
Elaphe pliocenica n. sp.
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4 specimens | ||||||
Elaphe vulpina
(Baird and Girard 1853)
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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] |