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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 11:
A checklist of late Eocene (early Duchesaean) fossils in the mammal quarry of the upper Clarno Formation near Clarno and paleosols in which they are found
MENISPERMACEAE (moonseeds)
Diploclisia sp.: fruit (Indomalesian moonseed)Eohypserpa sp. indet.: fruit (extinct moonseed)
Odontocaryoidea nodulosa Scott: fruit (extinct nodular moonseed fruit)
PLATANACEAE (sycamores)
Platananthus synandrus Manchester (for "angiosperm incertae sedis" of McKee, 1970): flowering head (Clarno plane)CORNACEAE (dogwoods)
Mastixioidiocarpum oregonense Scott: fruit (extinct tropical dogwood)ALANGIACEAE (alangium family)
Alangium sp. indet.: fruit (alangium)ICACINACEAE (tropical vines)
Iodes sp. indet.: seed (Paleotropical vine)Jodicarpa sp. indet.: fruit (extinct icacina vine)
Palaeophytocrene sp. cf. P. foveolata Reid and Chandler: fruits (extinct icacina vine)
VITACEAE (grapes)
Ampelocissus sp: seed (tropical climber)Vitis sp.: seed (grape)
Tetrastigma sp.: seed (Indomalesian vine)
JUGLANDACEAE (walnuts)
Juglans clarnensis Scott: fruits (Clarno black walnut)ANACARDIACEAE (cashew family)
Pentoperculum minimus Reid & Chandler: seed (extinct cashewlike plant)CROCODYLIA (alligators)
Pristichampsus sp. indet.: skull (land alligator)HYAENODONTIDAE (extinct carnivores)
Hemipsalodon grandis: skull (large bearlike carnivore)FELIDAE (cats)
Nimravinae gen. et sp. indet.: skull (sabre-tooth cat)RODENTIA (rats and mice)
Rodentia gen et sp. indet.: tooth (extinct squirrellike rodent)ANTHRACOTHERIIDAE (extinct river hogs)
Heptacodon sp. indet.: teeth (small river hog)AGRIOCHOERIDAE (early oreodons)
Diplobunops sp. indet.: skull (fanged oreodon)AMYNODONTIDAE (extinct rhinos)
Procadurcodon sp. indet.: skull (large tapirlike rhino)RHINOCEROTIDAE (rhinoceroses)
Teletaceras radinskyi Hanson: skull, limbs (small hornless rhino)HELATETIDAE (extinct tapirs)
Plesiocolopirus hancocki (Radinsky) Schoch: teeth (tapir)TAPIRIDAE (tapirs)
Protapirus sp. indet.: teeth (tapir ancestor)EQUIDAE (horses)
Epihippus gracilis Marsh: teeth (three-toed horse)Haplohippus texanus McGrew: teeth (four-toed horse)
PISCES (fish)
Pisces gen. et sp. indet.: bones, scales (freshwater fish)Note: Sources of names from Russell (1938), McKee (1970), Mellett (1969), Hanson (1973, 1989), Pratt (1988), Schoch (1989), Retallack (1991a), Lucas (1992) and Manchester (1994).
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