Also known as UO 2239 (= CIT 107), 2339, 2355, 2356, 2357, 2358
Where: Harney County, Oregon (42.7° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 117.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tuff Sandstone Member (Drewsey Formation), Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Primary reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1970. Pliocene mammals of southeast Oregon and adjacent Idaho. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 17:1-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18806: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
stratigraphic position based on Bowen et al. 1963
exact provenance of CIT "Citellus" shotwelli specimen from "Drewsey" mentioned by Black 1963b is unclear
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Mammut sp. Blumenbach 1799 mastodon | |
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Amebelodon sp. Barbour 1927 gomphothere | |
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Liodontia furlongi Gazin 1932 mountain beaver | |
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Hystricops browni Shotwell 1963 beaver
Dipoides stirtoni Wilson 1934 beaver | |
Hesperogaulus wilsoni n. sp.3
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Ursidae indet. Gray 1825 bear | |
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Pliotaxidea nevadensis Butterworth 1916 badger | |
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Sphenophalos sp. Merriam 1909 pronghorn | |
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Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros | |