Sugar Creek: early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian, Idaho
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Anatidae
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Anatidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Ciconiiformes indet.
Bonaparte 1854
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Accipitridae
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Accipitridae indet.
Viellot 1816
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cf. Aquila sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Clemmys owyheensis
Brattstrom and Sturn 1959
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| synonym of Emys marmorata | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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cf. Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Spermophilus cf. matachisensis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Dipoides wilsoni
Hibbard 1949
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aphelops cf. mutilus
Matthew 1924
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Teleoceras cf. fossiger
(Cope 1878)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Cormohipparion sp.
Skinner and MacFadden 1977
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| Named in thesis as n. sp. C. plicoartus | ||||||||||
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Pliohippus spectans
(Cope 1880)
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| recombined as Dinohippus spectans | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Megatylopus cf. gigas
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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? Alforjas sp.
Harrison 1979
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Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Tayassuidae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Puma cf. lacustris
(Gazin 1933)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Borophagus sp.
Cope 1892
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| cf. B. secundus and B. hilli | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpidae indet.
(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
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Proboscidea indet.
(Illiger 1811)
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| Gomphotheriidae or Mammutidae | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Idaho | County: | Owyhee |
| Coordinates: | 42.7° North, 115.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.1° North, 114.2° West |
Time
| Period: | Neogene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian |
| Age range of interval: | 9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago |
| Age estimate: | 9 Ma (other) to 7.62 ± 0.100 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Idaho | Formation: | Chalk Hills |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,permineralized |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Idaho Museum of Natural History collection | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 218111 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Orcutt | Enterer: | J. Orcutt |
| Modifier: | J. Orcutt | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-02-18 17:30:49 | Last modified: | 2021-02-18 19:36:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-02-18 17:30:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 75631. | R. A. Rapp. 2006. Owyhee bones: Hemphillian (latest Miocene) Little Jacks Creek (LJC) and Sugar Creek (SC) terrestrial local faunas of the western Snake River Plain, Owyhee County, Idaho. Idaho State University i-397 [J. Orcutt/J. Orcutt/J. Orcutt] |