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Bartlett Mountain , Harney County, Oregon, USA

Mindat.org Locality PageHarney County, Oregon, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal)42.7,-118.7
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on political unit
Given LocationOregon, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Harney County, Oregon, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Bartlett Mountain (General)Hutchison J. H. (1968)Drewsey - Tuff Sandstonenot reported10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Bartlett Mountain (UO 2517)Shotwell J. A. (1970)Drewsey - Tuff Sandstone10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
DrinkwaterShotwell J. A. (1963)Drewsey - Tuff Sandstonenot reported10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Otis BasinHirschfeld S. E., Webb S. D. (1968)Drewsey - Tuff Sandstonenot reported10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Beatty ButtesHutchison J. H. (1968)15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Corral ButtesKorth W. W. (1999)23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Stinking Water CreekHall E. R. (1944)23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Merycodontinae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Merycodontinae15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Sphenophalos sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Sphenophalos10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Camelidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Ticholeptus zygomaticus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Ticholeptus : Ticholeptus zygomaticus15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Dromomeryx borealis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Dromomerycidae : Dromomeryx : Blastomeryx borealis15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Tayassuinae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Tayassuinae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Carnivora
order
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Amphicyon frendens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Amphicyonidae : Amphicyon : Amphicyon frendens15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Canidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Pliotaxidea nevadensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Pliotaxidea : Pliotaxidea nevadensis10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Ursidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ursidae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Archaeolaginae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Archaeolaginae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Leporidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Oreolagus wallacei
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Ochotonidae : Oreolagus : Oreolagus wallacei15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Scalopoides sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : Scalopoides10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Scalopoides ripafodiator
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : Scalopoides : Scalopoides ripafodiator15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Scapanus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : Scapanus10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Scapanus proceridens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : Scapanus : Scapanus proceridens10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Pseudotrimylus mawbyi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricidae : Pseudotrimylus : Pseudotrimylus mawbyi15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Soricidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Acritohippus isonesus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Acritohippus : Acritohippus isonesus15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Archaeohippus ultimus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Archaeohippus : Anchitherium ultimum15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Desmatippus avus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Desmatippus : Desmatippus avus15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Equini
tribe
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equini15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Hipparionini
tribe
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hipparionini10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Hypohippus osborni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hypohippus : Hypohippus osborni15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Pliohippus spectans
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Pliohippus : Pliohippus spectans10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Aphelops sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Aphelops15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Teleoceras sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Teleoceras10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Teleoceras fossiger
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Teleoceras : Aphelops fossiger23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Amebelodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Amebelodon10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Mammut sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Mammutidae : Mammut10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Liodontia alexandrae
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Aplodontiidae : Liodontia : Aplodontia alexandrae15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Liodontia furlongi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Aplodontiidae : Aplodontia : Aplodontia furlongi10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Tardontia sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Aplodontiidae : Tardontia10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Dipoides stirtoni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Dipoides : Dipoides stirtoni10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Hystricops browni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Hystricops : Hystricops browni10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Antecalomys valensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Antecalomys : Antecalomys valensis10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Copemys esmeraldensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Copemys : Copemys esmeraldensis10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Cricetidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Goniodontomys disjunctus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Goniodontomys : Goniodontomys disjunctus10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Peromyscus antiquus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Peromyscus : Peromyscus antiquus10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Leptodontomys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Eomyidae : Leptodontomys10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Pliosaccomys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Pliosaccomys10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Cupidinimus magnus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Cupidinimus : Cupidinimus magnus10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Dipodomyinae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Dipodomyinae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Diprionomys parvus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Diprionomys : Diprionomys parvus10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Heteromyidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Perognathinae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Perognathinae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Hesperogaulus gazini
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Mylagaulidae : Hesperogaulus : Hesperogaulus gazini15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Hesperogaulus wilsoni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Mylagaulidae : Hesperogaulus : Hesperogaulus wilsoni10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Mylagaulidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Mylagaulidae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Marmotini
tribe
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Marmotini10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Protospermophilus malheurensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Protospermophilus : Protospermophilus malheurensis15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Spermophilus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Spermophilus10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Spermophilus wilsoni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Spermophilus : Citellus wilsoni10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Macrognathomys nanus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dipodidae : Macrognathomys : Macrognathomys nanus10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Megalonychidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megalonychidae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene

References

Hall E. R. (1944) A New Genus of American Pliocene Badger, with Remarks on the Relationships of Badgers of the Northern Hemisphere, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 551 2, 11-23
Wallace R. E. (1946) A Miocene Mammalian Fauna from Beatty Buttes, Oregon, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 551 6, 113-134
Shotwell J. A. (1963) Mammalian fauna of the Drewsey Formation, Bartlett Mountain, Drinkwater and Otis Basin local faunas, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 53 1, 70-77
Black C. C. (1963) Miocene rodents from the Thomas Farm local fauna, Florida, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 128 11
Dawson M. R. (1965) Oreolagus and other Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from the Miocene of Colorado, Wyoming, and Oregon, University of Colorado Studies: Series in Earth Sciences 1, 1-36
Repenning C. A. (1967) Subfamilies and genera of the Soricidae, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 565, 1-74
Hutchison J. H. (1968) Fossil Talpidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) from the Tertiary of Oregon, Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 11, 1-117
Hirschfeld S. E., Webb S. D. (1968) Plio-Pleistocene Megalonychid Sloths of North America, Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 12 5
Shotwell J. A. (1970) Pliocene mammals of southeast Oregon and adjacent Idaho, Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 17, 1-103
Kelly T. S., Lander E. B. (1988) Biostratigraphy and Correlation of Hemingfordian and Barstovian Land Mammal Assemblages, Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Area, California, Tertiary Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Cuyama Basin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, California, 1-19
Korth W. W. (1999) Hesperogaulus, a new genus of mylagaulid rodent (Mammalia) from the Miocene (Barstovian to Hemphillian) of the Great Basin, Journal of Paleontology 73 5, 945-951
Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Prothero D. R. (2005) The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses, 1-218
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