Quartz Basin (UO 2465) (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Malheur County, Oregon (43.6° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 114.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holdout Member (Deer Butte Formation), Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Collection methods: bulk, sieve
Primary reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1968. Miocene mammals of southeast Oregon. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 14:1-67 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 19011: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel might include "Didelphidae indet.," which is a small carnivore according to Korth 1994a
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Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid | |
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? Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros | |
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Dromomeryx borealis Cope 1877 ruminant | |
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Ingentisorex tumididens Hutchison 1966 shrew
Alluvisorex arcadentes Hutchison 1966 shrew | |
Domninoides sp. Green 1956 mole
Mystipterus pacificus Hutchison 1968 mole
Achlyoscapter longirostris Hutchison 1968 mole
Scalopoides ripafodiator Hutchison 1968 mole | |
"Spermophilus cf. tephrus" = Protospermophilus tephrus
"Spermophilus cf. tephrus" = Protospermophilus tephrus Gazin 1932 squirrel | |
Monosaulax progressus n. sp.
Monosaulax progressus n. sp. Shotwell 1968 beaver | |
"Balantiomys oregonensis" = Peridiomys oregonensis1
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Pseudotheridomys pagei Shotwell 1967 rodent | |
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Macrognathomys sp. Hall 1930 jumping mouse | |
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