Where: Vernon County, Louisiana (31.1° N, 93.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 90.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
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 18621: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
apparently does not include new material reported by Schiebout and Ting 1996, Ting and Schiebout 1997, of which Eomyidae indet. of the former cannot be allocated to an exact sites
total generically identifiable NISP 70
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cf. Merychippus gunteri Simpson 1930 horse "Equidae indet." of Schiebout 1997a; includes one additional specimen of Schiebout and Ting 2000
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Prosynthetoceras francisi Frick 1937 protoceratid includes additional three specimens reported by Schiebout and Ting 2000
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Copemys sp. Wood 1936 mouse see also Schiebout and Ting 1996; Schiebout and Ting 2000 indicate that there are only 8 specimens, reason for discrepancy is unclear
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Texomys ritchiei Slaughter 1981 rodent "T. sp." of Schiebout 1997a; NISP based on Schiebout and Ting 2000
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Castoridae indet. Gray 1821 beaver including one "Monosaulax sp." specimen, earlier referred to "Castoridae indet." by Schiebout 1997a and later to "Eucastor sp." said to be new by Schiebout and Ting 2000, who also report one new specimen of this form and another of "Eucastor cf. pansus"
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