Rose Creek North (2540-2555 ft. level): Arikareean, Oregon

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
UNSM 7007-95
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
"small canid" - UNSM 7003-95
Mammalia - Rodentia - Entoptychidae
Entoptychus sp. Cope 1878
UNSM 4105-96
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oregon County:Grant
Coordinates: 44.7° North, 119.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.4° North, 110.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4-5
Key time interval:Arikareean
Age range of interval:29.50000 - 18.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:John Day Member:Kimberly
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pebbly,gray conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:technically a part of the Haystack Valley Mbr. of earlier authors, but collections are new and from higher levels
Metadata
Database number:170309
Authorizer:J. Marcot Enterer:J. Marcot
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-06-18 19:55:39 Last modified:2015-06-18 19:55:39
Access level:the public Released:2015-06-18 19:55:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9853. R. M. Hunt, Jr. and E. Stepleton. 2004. Geology and paleontology of the upper John Day beds, John Day river valley, Oregon: lithostratigraphic and biochronologic revision in the Haystack Valley and Kimberly areas (Kimberly and Mt. Misery quadrangles). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 282:1-90 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]