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Glenns Ferry - upper, Malheur County, Oregon, USA

FormationGlenns Ferry
Memberupper
Age:4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic
IntervalBlancan
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences16

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Hot CreekMalheur County, Oregon, USAGlenns Ferry - upper

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Black Mesa Gravel1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
2
Bruneau1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
4
Chalk Hills10.3 - 4.90 Ma
Neogene
siltstone/ash9
Glenns Ferry4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic
sandstone318
Poison Creek13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
5

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Canidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Lutra piscinaria
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Satherium : Lutra piscinaria4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Leporidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Equus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Proboscidea
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
? no name ?
1004.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Ondatra idahoensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Ondatra : Ondatra idahoensis4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Mimomys parvus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Mimomys : Mimomys parvus4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Thomomys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Thomomys4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Paramylodon harlani
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Mylodontidae : Paramylodon : Paramylodon harlani4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic

References

Sankey J. T. (1990) , San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 37 2
Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
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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