Silver Lake: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Oregon
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Phalaropus lobatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Hydrochelidon nigra
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Chlidonias niger | ||||||||||
| subspecies surinamensis | ||||||||||
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Sterna ? elegans
Gambel 1849
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| recombined as Thalasseus elegans | ||||||||||
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Sterna ? forsteri
Nuttall 1834
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Larus robustus n. sp.
Shufeldt 1891
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Larus argentatus
Pontoppidan 1763
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| subspecies smithsonianus | ||||||||||
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Larus oregonus n. sp.
Shufeldt 1891
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Larus philadelphia
(Ord 1815)
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| recombined as Chroicocephalus philadelphia | ||||||||||
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Xema sabini
(Sabine 1819)
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax macropus
(Cope 1878)
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Ardea paloccidentalis n. sp.
Shufeldt 1891
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Pelecanidae
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Pelecanus ? erythrorhynchus
(Gmelin 1789)
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| original and current combination Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Phoenicopteridae
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Phoenicopterus copei n. sp.
Shufeldt 1891
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Aix sponsa
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Aythya marila
(Linnaeus 1761)
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| subspecies ? nearctica | ||||||||||
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Glaucionetta islandica
(Gmelin 1789)
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| recombined as Bucephala islandica | ||||||||||
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Clangula hyemalis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Lophodytes cucullatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Dafila acuta
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Anas acuta | ||||||||||
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Anas boschas
Linnaeus 1758
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| synonym of Anas platyrhynchos | ||||||||||
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Anas carolinensis
Gmelin 1789
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| recombined as Anas crecca carolinensis | ||||||||||
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Anas americana
Gmelin 1789
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| recombined as Mareca americana | ||||||||||
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Anser albifrons
Scopoli 1769
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| subspecies gambelii | ||||||||||
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Anser condoni n. sp.
Shufeldt 1891
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Chen hyperborea
(Pallas 1769)
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| synonym of Anser caerulescens | ||||||||||
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Branta hypsibatus
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Branta propinqua n. sp.
Shufeldt 1891
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Branta canadensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Olor paloregonus
(Cope 1878)
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| original and current combination Cygnus paloregonus | ||||||||||
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Anas discors
Linnaeus 1766
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| recombined as Spatula discors | ||||||||||
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Anas ? cyanoptera
Viellot 1816
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| recombined as Spatula cyanoptera | ||||||||||
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Spatula clypeata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Bubo virginianus
(Gmelin 1788)
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Fulica americana
Gmelin 1789
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Fulica minor n. sp.
Shufeldt 1891
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| replaced by Fulica americana shufeldti | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae
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Aechmophorus occidentalis
(Lawrence 1858)
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Colymbus ? auritus
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Podiceps auritus | ||||||||||
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Colymbus nigricollis
(Brehm 1831)
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| original and current combination Podiceps nigricollis | ||||||||||
| subspecies californicus | ||||||||||
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Colymbus holbellii
(Reinhardt 1854)
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| recombined as Podiceps grisegena holbollii | ||||||||||
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Podilymbus podiceps
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus annectens n. sp.
Shufeldt 1891
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Icteridae
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Scolecophagus affinis n. sp.
Shufeldt 1891
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| recombined as Euphagus affinis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Aquila pliogryps n. sp.
Shufeldt 1891
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Aquila sodalis n. sp.
Shufeldt 1891
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Palaeotetrix gillii n. gen., n. sp.
Shufeldt 1891
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| recombined as Dendragapus gilli | ||||||||||
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Pedioecetes lucasii n. sp.
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| original and current combination Pediocaetes | ||||||||||
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Pedioecetes nanus n. sp.
(Shufeldt 1891)
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| recombined as Dendragapus nanus | ||||||||||
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Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
(Ridgway 1873)
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Pedioecetes phasianellus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Tympanuchus phasianellus | ||||||||||
| subspecies columbianus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Oregon | County: | Lake |
| Coordinates: | 43.1° North, 121.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.1° North, 121.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Age after Warheit (2002). "Equus beds" |
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: | 176222 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-02 09:00:18 | Last modified: | 2018-07-13 11:57:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-02 09:00:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57864. | R. W. Shufeldt. 1891. Fossil birds from the Equus Beds of Oregon. American Naturalist 25:818-821 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |