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JOHN DAY FOSSIL BEDS
Geology and Paleoenvironments of the Clarno Unit John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon |
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APPENDIX 14:
A checklist of late Oligocene (Arikarean) fossils in the lower John Day Formation, Clarno area
OLIGOCHAETA (earthworms)
Nimravidae gen. et sp. indet.: teeth (sabre-tooth cat)Edaphichnium sp. indet.: chimney (large earthworm)
GASTROPODA (snails)
Ammonitella lunata (Conrad) Hanna: shells (small near planispiral land snail)Lymnaea stearnsi Hannibal: shells (medium rapidly-expanding pond snail)
Polygyra dalli (Stearns) Stearns: shell (low spired land snail)
COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Pallichnus sp. indet.: boli (dung beetle)RHINEURIDAE (limbless lizards)
Dyticonastis rensbergerii: dermal scutes (extinct worm-lizard)RODENTIA (rats and mice)
Allomys liolophus: teeth (extinct mountain beaver)LAGOMORPHA (rabbits)
Leporidae gen. et sp. indet.: teeth (rabbit)NIMRAVIDAE (sabre-tooth cats)
Note: Source of species names is T. Fremd (pers. comm. 1994).
CANIDAE (dogs)
Mesocyonjosephic Cope: teeth (foxlike)M. brachyops Merriam: teeth (large-eyed foxlike)
Nothocyon latidens: teeth (small dog)
ENTELODONTIDAE (extinct hogs)
Entelodon sp: teeth (hog)TAYASSUIDAE (peccaries)
Perchoerus sp. indet.: molar (peccary)AGRIOCHOERIDAE (clawed oredonts)
Agriochoerus sp. indet.: teeth (clawed oredont)MERYCOIDONTIDAE (oreodonts)
Merycochoerus leptacanthus Marsh: teeth (long faced oredont)Eucrotaphus trigonocephalus Cope: teeth (high cheek boned oredont)
HYPERTRAGULIDAE (mouse deer)
Hypertragulus hesperius Hay: teeth, astragalus (mouse deer)| <<< Previous | <<< Contents>>> | Next >>> |
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