PBDB Collection

Berends (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Beaver County, Oklahoma (36.8° N, 100.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 100.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• said to be early Illinoian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: A. Starrett. 1956. Pleistocene Mammals of the Berends Fauna of Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 30(5):1187-1192 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 20157: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jason Head

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Taxonomic list

• type of "Burosor efforsorius", j.s. of Castoroides ohioensis, is from a locality about 1 mi. from Berends

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Reptilia
Squamata - Colubridae	Colubrinae indet.⁴, Lampropeltis getulus⁴, Lampropeltis triangulum⁴, Elaphe vulpina⁴, Pituophis melanoleucus⁴, Nerodia sp.⁴, Thamnophis sp.³, Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) radix⁴, Heterodon platyrhinos⁴, Heterodon nasicus³ Colubrinae indet.⁴ Oppel 1811 colubrid snake "Coluber or Masticophis" Lampropeltis getulus⁴ Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake Lampropeltis triangulum⁴ Lacépède 1788 milk snake Elaphe vulpina⁴ Baird and Girard 1853 fox snake Pituophis melanoleucus⁴ Daudin 1803 pine snake Nerodia sp.⁴ Baird and Girard 1853 water snake Thamnophis sp.³ Fitzinger 1843 garter snake Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) radix⁴ garter snake Heterodon platyrhinos⁴ Latreille 1801 eastern hognosed snake Heterodon nasicus³ Baird and Girard 1852 western hognose snake
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Mammuthus cf. columbi Mammuthus cf. columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis latrans, Vulpes velox² Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote confirmed by Nowak 1979 Vulpes velox² Say 1823 swift fox
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp. Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Sorex cf. cinereus, Blarina cf. brevicauda Sorex cf. cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew Blarina cf. brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew confirmed by Jones et al. 1984
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Leporidae indet. Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Peromyscus berendsensis n. sp., Ondatra zibethicus¹, Microtus pennsylvanicus, "Pedomys cf. ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster Peromyscus berendsensis n. sp. Starrett 1956 deer mouse Ondatra zibethicus¹ Linnaeus 1766 muskrat Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole "Pedomys cf. ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster Wagner 1842 prairie vole
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castoroides sp., Dipoides stovalli⁵ Castoroides sp. Foster 1838 giant beaver Dipoides stovalli⁵ Rinker and Hibbard 1952 beaver see Rinker and Hibbard 1952
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Geomys sp. Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
Rodentia - Heteromyidae	Chaetodipus cf. hispidus¹ Chaetodipus cf. hispidus¹ Baird 1858 hispid pocket mouse

¹Alroy 2002; ²Anderson 1984; ³Brattstrom 1967; ⁴Holman 1986; ⁵Korth 2002