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John Day - Kimberly, Oregon, USA

Formation	John Day
Member	Kimberly
Age:	30.8 - 20.4 Ma Cenozoic
Interval	Arikareean
Lithology	sandstone, conglomerate
Number of Collections	6
Number of Occurrences	46

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
John Day Unit L	Grant County, Oregon, USA	John Day - Kimberly
CIT 31	Grant County, Oregon, USA	John Day - Kimberly
Rose Creek North	Grant County, Oregon, USA	John Day - Kimberly
Picture Gorge 36	Grant County, Oregon, USA	John Day - Kimberly
near Hatch's Gulch	Wheeler County, Oregon, USA	John Day - Kimberly

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
John Day	20.4 - 5.33 Ma Miocene	sandstone, sandstone/siltstone, tuff, "shale", sandstone/tuff, siltstone/sandstone	391
John Day - Turtle Cove	30.8 - 20.4 Ma Cenozoic	siltstone	149

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Agriochoerus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Anoplotheriidae : *Agriochoerus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Gentilicamelus sternbergi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Gentilicamelus : *Gentilicamelus sternbergi*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Archaeotherium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Entelodontidae : *Archaeotherium*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Archaeotherium calkinsi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Entelodontidae : Archaeotherium : *Archaeotherium calkinsi*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Entelodontidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Entelodontidae	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Hypertragulus calcaratus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hypertragulidae : Hypertragulus : *Hypertragulus calcaratus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Hypsiops sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : *Hypsiops*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Merycoides sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : *Merycoides*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Oreodontoides oregonensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Oreodontoides : *Oreodontoides oregonensis*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Paroreodon parvus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Paroreodon : *Paroreodon parvus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Promerycochoerus (Parapromerycochoerus) macrostegus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Promerycochoerus : *Promerycochoerus (Parapromerycochoerus) macrostegus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Promerycochoerus superbus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Promerycochoerus : *Promerycochoerus superbus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Daphoenodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Amphicyonidae : *Daphoenodon*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Rudiocyon amplidens species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Amphicyonidae : Rudiocyon : *Rudiocyon amplidens*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Canidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Mustelidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Oligobunis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : *Oligobunis*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Desmatolagus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Ochotonidae : *Desmatolagus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Palaeolagus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : *Palaeolagus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Moropus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Chalicotheriidae : *Moropus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Kalobatippus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : *Kalobatippus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Miohippus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : *Miohippus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Leidymys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Leidymys*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Florentiamys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Florentiamyidae : *Florentiamys*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Entoptychus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : *Entoptychus*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Entoptychus planifrons species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Entoptychus : *Entoptychus planifrons*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Entoptychus wheelerensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Entoptychus : *Entoptychus wheelerensis*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic
Dyticonastis rensbergeri species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Rhineuridae : Dyticonastis : *Dyticonastis rensbergeri*	30.8 - 20.43 Ma Cenozoic

References

Sinclair W. J. (1905) New or Imperfectly Known Rodent and Ungulates from the John Day Series, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 4 6, 125-143

Dougherty J. F. (1940) Skull and skeletal remains of the camel Paratylopus cameloides (Wortman) from the John Day deposits, Oregon, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 514 4, 49-58

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

Foss S. E., Fremd T. (1998) A Survey Of The Species Of Entelodonts (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) Of The John Day Basin, Oregon, Dakoterra 5, 63-72

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

Albright L. B., Woodburne M. O., et al (2008) Revised chronostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the John Day Formation (Turtle Cove and Kimberly Members), Oregon, with implications for updated calibration of the Arikareean North American land mammal age 116 3, 211-237

Hunt, Jr. R. M. (2011) Evolution of Large Carnivores During the Mid-Cenozoic of North America: The Temnocyonine Radiation (Mammalia, Amphicyonidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 358, 1-153 doi:10.1206/358.1

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