TVOR Site (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Vernon County, Louisiana (31.1° N, 93.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 90.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Castor Creek Member (Fleming Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

Primary reference: J. A. Schiebout. 1997. Paleofaunal survey, collecting, processing, and documentation at two locations on Fort Polk, Louisiana. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District; Contract No. DACW63-90-D-0008, Delivery Order 13 [No sponsoring agency report number given] 1-92 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18666: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998

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Taxonomic list

• actually in Vernon "Parish"
total generically identifiable NISP < 1268
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Antrozous sp. Allen 1862 pallid bat
a bat:
 Placentalia -
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental
 Rodentia -
Texomys ritchiei Slaughter 1981 rodent
"T. sp." of Schiebout 1997a; NISP based on Schiebout and Ting 2000
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Copemys sp. Wood 1936 mouse
see also Schiebout and Ting 1996; NISP based on Schiebout and Ting 2000
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Petauristodon sp.2 Engesser 1979 squirrel
additional sciurid of Schiebout
Nototamias sp.1 Pratt and Morgan 1989 squirrel
 Rodentia -
Geomyoidea indet.1 Bonaparte 1845 rodent
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Limnoecus niobrarensis Macdonald 1947 shrew
NISP <= 56, some from Stonehenge: includes additional 50 specimens reported by Schiebout and Ting 2000
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
"Brachyerix cf. incertis" = Metechinus fergusoni
"Brachyerix cf. incertis" = Metechinus fergusoni Henshaw 1942 hedgehog
see also Schiebout 1996; "B. sp." of Schiebout 1995; erinaceid of Schiebout 1997a
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Miomustela sp.2 Hall 1930 mustelid carnivore
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
cf. Pseudoparablastomeryx sp.2 Frick 1937 ruminant