Krebs Ranch 2 (Neogene of the United States)

Also known as UO 2323; UWBM C0122 (Arlington 9), C0123 (Arlington 10), C0124 (Arlington 11)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-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

• "unconsolidated sands, tuffaceous sandstone and tuffs"

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 18940: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

• NISP 9 including generically indeterminate records only
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet.1 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet.1 Gray 1821 squirrel
Neotamias malloryi4 Martin 1998 chipmunk
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Oregonomys pebblespringsensis3 Martin 1984 rodent
UWBM C0122, C0123, C0124 DUPLICATE REF 2411 or 2424
Perognathus stevei3 Martin 1984 pocket mouse
UWBM C0122, C0124; "P. sp."; DUPLICATE REF 2411 or 2424
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Dipoides sp. Jaeger 1835 beaver
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canini indet.1 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canine
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equini indet.1 Quinn 1955 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
small
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuinae indet.1 Palmer 1897 peccary
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scapanus proceridens2 Hutchison 1968 mole
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut sp. Blumenbach 1799 mastodon