Fort Polk Castor Creek: Miocene, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotherium sp.
Burmeister 1837
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Cynarctus sp.
Matthew 1902
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Bassariscus sp.
Coues 1887
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Miomustela sp.
Hall 1930
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Aepycamelus sp.
Macdonald 1956
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Dyseohyus sp.
Stock 1937
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merychyus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Pseudoparablastomeryx sp.
Frick 1937
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Prosynthetoceras sp.
(Frick 1937)
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original and current combination Synthetoceras (Prosynthetoceras) | |||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aphelops sp.
Owen 1845
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Cormohipparion sp.
Skinner and MacFadden 1977
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Merychippus sp.
Leidy 1856
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana |
Coordinates: | 31.1° North, 93.2° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.5° North, 90.3° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 163859 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | C. Peredo | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2014-11-18 15:09:06 | Last modified: | 2014-11-18 15:09:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-11-18 15:09:06 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
53495. | J. A. Schiebout and S. Ting. 2011. Terrestrial carnivores, artiodactyls, perissodactyls, and proboscideans of the Fort Polk Miocene sites of Louisiana. Abstracts with Programs Geological Society of America 43(3):7 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo] |