Also known as WSM C71
Where: Franklin County, Washington (46.3° N, 119.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 116.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Taylor Flat Conglomerate Member (Ringold Formation), Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
• underlies upper Ringold Fm.
•60 m or 200' above Yakima Basalt, which includes a flow dated elsewhere at 8.6 (= 8.83) +/- 0.3 Ma (whole-rock KA)
•see also Gustafson 1977
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. P. Gustafson. 1978. The Vertebrate Faunas of the Pliocene Ringold Formation, South-Central Washington. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 23:1-62 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 19024: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros |