Where: Grant County, Oregon (44.5° N, 119.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 116.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Rattlesnake Formation, late Early Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
• "Lower fanglomerate member of the Rattlesnake Formation..."
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, red siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: J. X. Samuels and J. Cavin. 2013. The Earliest Known Fisher (Mustelidae), a New Species From the Rattlesnake Formation of Oregon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2):448-454 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 163572: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 04.11.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Pekania occulta n. sp.
Pekania occulta n. sp. Samuels and Cavin 2013 mustelid carnivore |