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Paratylopus Hill , Wheeler County, Oregon, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	44.8304,-119.737
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Given Location	Oregon, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Wheeler County, Oregon, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Lithology	Age
Asher Section (255 ft.)	Hunt, Jr. R. M., Stepleton E. (2004)	John Day - Haystack Valley	tuff	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Asher Section (285 ft.)	Hunt, Jr. R. M., Stepleton E. (2004)	John Day - Haystack Valley	tuff	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Asher Section (30 ft.)	Hunt, Jr. R. M., Stepleton E. (2004)	John Day - Haystack Valley	claystone	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Asher Section (5 ft.)	Hunt, Jr. R. M., Stepleton E. (2004)	John Day - Haystack Valley	claystone	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Asher Section (55 ft.)	Hunt, Jr. R. M., Stepleton E. (2004)	John Day - Haystack Valley	tuff	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Haystack Valley Member (non-specific)	Berman D. S. (1976)	John Day - Haystack Valley	tuff	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Hopper Section	Hunt, Jr. R. M., Stepleton E. (2004)	John Day - Haystack Valley	tuff	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Paratylopus Hill (1850 ft.)	Hunt, Jr. R. M., Stepleton E. (2004)	John Day - Haystack Valley	tuff	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Paratylopus Hill (1890 ft.)	Hunt, Jr. R. M., Stepleton E. (2004)	John Day - Haystack Valley	tuff	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Paratylopus Hill (1995 ft.)	Hunt, Jr. R. M., Stepleton E. (2004)	John Day - Haystack Valley	siltstone	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Paratylopus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : *Paratylopus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Nanotragulus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hypertragulidae : *Nanotragulus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Merycoidodontidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Paroreodon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : *Paroreodon*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Cynorca sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : *Cynorca*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Temnocyoninae subfamily	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Amphicyonidae : Temnocyoninae	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Promartes sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : *Promartes*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Entoptychus individens species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Entoptychus : *Entoptychus individens*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Tenudomys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : *Tenudomys*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Schizodontomys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : *Schizodontomys*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Dyticonastis rensbergeri species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Rhineuridae : Dyticonastis : *Dyticonastis rensbergeri*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic

References

Berman D. S. (1976) A new amphisbaenian (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia) from the Oligocene-Miocene John Day Formation, Oregon,, Journal of Paleontology 50 1, 165-174

Hunt, Jr. R. M., Stepleton E. (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

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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