Also known as Arlington 15; UO 2322

Where: Gilliam County, Oregon (45.7° N, 120.2° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 117.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Alkali Canyon Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• "relatively thin stratigraphic unit"; see Martin 1998 for stratigraphic nomenclature

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified, tuffaceous sandstone and tuff

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

• "collection on hands and knees" from a blowout

Primary reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1958. Inter-community relationships in Hemphillian (mid-Pliocene) mammals. Ecology 39(2):271-282 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/W. Clyde]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18939: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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