Rose Creek Member ( of the United States)
Where: Grant County, Oregon (44.5° N, 119.3° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 111.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: John Day Formation, Harrisonian (24.8 - 18.5 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Stepleton and R. Hunt, Jr. 1994. SVP Field Guide [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 19037: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• technically a part of the Haystack Valley Mbr. of earlier authors, but collections are new and from higher levels
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Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886 bear-dog
"Daphoenodon robustum" = Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum2 Peterson 1910 bear-dog "large daphoenine sp." - UNSM 7088-94
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Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
"Dromomerycidae indet." = Dromomerycinae
"Dromomerycidae indet." = Dromomerycinae Frick 1937 ruminant "near if not the same as Barbouromeryx"
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Merycochoerus sp. Leidy 1858 oreodont | |
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Moropus oregonensis1 Leidy 1873 chalicothere "upper unit at Rose Creek" that cuts into the Kimberly Member; also at Picture Gorge 36, which appears to be in the same unit
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