Hagerman snake locality ( of the United States)
Where: Twin Falls County, Idaho (42.8° N, 114.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 114.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: J. A. Holman. 1968. Upper Pliocene snakes from Idaho. Copeia 1968(1):152-158 [J. Head/J. Head]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 140258: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 06.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• 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
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
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Reptilia | |
Thamnophis indet., Natrix hibbardi n. sp., Elaphe pliocenica n. sp., Elaphe vulpina, Coluber indet., Lampropeltis indet.
Thamnophis indet. Fitzinger 1843 garter snake
Natrix hibbardi n. sp. water snake
Elaphe pliocenica n. sp. colubrid snake
Elaphe vulpina Baird and Girard 1853 fox snake
Coluber indet. Linnaeus 1758 racer
Lampropeltis indet. Fitzinger 1843 colubrid snake | |