JOHN DAY FOSSIL BEDS
Geology and Paleoenvironments of the Clarno Unit
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon
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APPENDIX 12:
A checklist of late Eocene (late Duchesaean) fossils in the lower John Day Formation near Clarno and paleosols in which they have been found

CONIFERALES (evergreens)

Metasequoia occidentalis (Newberry) Chaney: cone (dawn redwood)

ANGIOSPERMAE (flowering plants)

Angiospermae gen. et sp. indet.: wood (vessel bearing angiosperm) - Luca

ULMACEAE (elms)

Ulmus sp. indet.: leaf (elm)

JUGLANDACEAE (walnuts)

Cruciptera simsoni (Brown) Manchester: fruit (extinct four-lobed wingnut)
Palaeocarya clarnensis Manchester: fruit (extinct three-lobed wingnut)

COLEOPTERA (beetles)

Coleoptera sp. indet.: elytron (small beetle)

GASTROPODA (snails)

Viviparus sp.: snail (freshwater snail)

PISCES (fish)

Pisces gen. et sp. indet. disarticulated scales and bones (freshwater fish)

ENTELODONTIDAE (extinct hogs)

Entelodontidae gen. et sp. indet.: tusk (large hog) - Luca

Note: Source of names is Getahun and Retallack (1991) and Manchester (1991).



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