Citellus dotti Site: Miocene, Oklahoma
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Citellus dotti
Hibbard 1954
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| recombined as Spermophilus dotti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Caninae indet.
Gill 1872
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| "Vulpes" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Nannippus minor
(Sellards 1916)
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= Nannippus aztecus
Mooser 1968
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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= Tayassuinae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Oklahoma | County: | Beaver |
| Coordinates: | 36.8° North, 100.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 97.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ogallala |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 4 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:informal term for a site near Buis Ranch that yielded a good skeleton of "C." dotti NISP 4 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18094 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-02-05 15:02:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3221. | M. S. Stevens. 1966. The Osteology and Relationships of the Pliocene ground squirrel, Citellus dotti Hibbard, from the Ogallala, Formation of Beaver County, Oklahoma. Pearce-Sellards Series 4 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |