Where: Lake County, Oregon (43.3° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 120.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• "early Pleistocene, approximating [the age] of Rancho La Brea" (i.e., late Pleistocene)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; sandstone and claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by T. Condon, C. H. Sternberg, E. D. Cope, A. M. Alexander, C. Stock, E. L. Furlong in 1876, 1877, 1879, 1901, 1923, 1924; reposited in the AMNH, UCMP
• Sternberg and Cope material is at the AMNH; Alexander, Stock, and Furlong material is at the UCMP; Condon collection is at the University of Oregon and was not seen by Elftman
Primary reference: H. O. Elftman. 1931. Pleistocene mammals of Fossil Lake, Oregon. American Museum Novitates 481:1-21 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93251: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 09.01.2010, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Podilymbus podiceps2, Aechmophorus occidentalis2, "Colymbus nigricollis" = Podiceps nigricollis2, "Colymbus parvus" = Podiceps parvus2
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"Colaptes cafer" = Colaptes auratus cafer2
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"Sthenelides paloregonus" = Cygnus paloregonus2, Cygnus buccinator2, Branta bernicla2, Branta canadensis2, Branta ? hypsibata2, Branta propinqua2, "Chen hyperborea" = Anser caerulescens2, Anser albifrons2, "Chen rossii" = Anser rossii2, "Erismatura jamaicensis" = Oxyura jamaicensis2, "Nyroca ? collaris" = Aythya collaris2, "Nyroca americana" = Aythya americana2, "Nyroca affinis" = Aythya affinis2, Clangula hyemalis2, Melanitta perspicillata2, "Melanitta deglandi" = Melanitta fusca deglandi4, "Charitonetta albeola" = Bucephala2, Mergus merganser2, Mergus serrator2, Anas platyrhynchos2, Anas acuta2, "Anas carolinensis" = Anas crecca carolinensis2, Anabernicula sp.2, Anabernicula oregonensis n. sp.3, Spatula clypeata2, "Anas cyanoptera" = Spatula cyanoptera2, Mareca americana2
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"Hypomorphnus ? sodalis" = Aquila sodalis2, Aquila chrysaetos2, "Spizaetus pliogryps" = Aquila pliogryps2, Circus cyaneus2, Haliaeetus leucocephalus2
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Falco oregonus n. sp.2
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Stercorarius schufeldti n. sp.2
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"Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos4, Numenius ? americanus2, "Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus2, "Totanus melanoleucas" = Tringa melanoleuca2, Limnodromus ? griseus2
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Larus robustus2, Larus californicus2, Larus oregonus2, Sterna forsteri2, "Chlidonias nigra" = Chlidonias niger2, "Larus philadelphia" = Chroicocephalus philadelphia2
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Centrocercus urophasianus2, "Palaeotetrix gillii" = Dendragapus gilli2, Dendragapus nanus2, "Dendragapus lucasi" = Pedioecetes lucasi2, "Pedioecetes phasianellus" = Tympanuchus phasianellus2
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"Mylodon cf. harlani" = Paramylodon harlani
"Mylodon cf. harlani" = Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth "Mylodon, near harlani" (includes M. sodalis type of Cope)
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"Elephas ? columbi" = Mammuthus columbi
"Elephas ? columbi" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth includes E. primigenius and E. imperator of previous authors
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"Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus, Canis latrans, "Canis cf. occidentalis" = Canis lupus, Vulpes sp.
"Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
"Canis cf. occidentalis" = Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox | |
Equus sp., "Equus pacificus" = Equus mexicanus
"Equus pacificus" = Equus mexicanus Hibbard 1955 horse | |
Camelops hesternus Leidy 1873 camel
Eschatius sp. Cope 1884 camel includes E. conidens (referred specimen) and E. longirostris (type) of Cope
"? Tanupolama sp." = Hemiauchenia Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel includes Eschatius vitakeriana type of Cope
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Platygonus cf. vetus Leidy 1882 peccary | |
Antilocapra cf. americana Ord 1815 pronghorn | |
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"Thomomys townsendi" = Thomomys townsendii
"Thomomys townsendi" = Thomomys townsendii Bachman 1839 Townsend's pocket gopher includes T. near clusius, T. talpoides, T. bulbivorus, T. sp., and T. scudderi type of previous authors
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"Fiber oregonus n. sp." = Ondatra annectens, Microtus montanus
"Fiber oregonus n. sp." = Ondatra annectens Brown 1908 muskrat
Microtus montanus Peale 1848 montane vole | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare |