The first Eocene rodents from the Pacific Northwest, USA

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Samuels, Joshua X. [1 ,2 ]
Korth, William W. [3 ]
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[1] East Tennessee State Univ, Dept Geosci, Johnson City, TN 37614 USA
[2] Museum Nat Hist, Johnson City, TN 37614 USA
[3] Rochester Inst Vertebrate Paleontol, 265 Carling Rd, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
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Rodentia; Ischyromyidae; new genus; new species; Clarno Formation; John Day Formation; JOHN DAY FORMATION; CLARNO FORMATION; OLIGOCENE; MAMMALIA; OREGON;
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摘要
The Oligocene and Miocene faunas of the John Day Basin are diverse and very well-studied, including a large number of small mammal species. Though Eocene floras from Oregon are well-known, Eocene faunas include relatively few taxa from only two described localities in the Clarno area. The first Eocene rodents from the John Day Basin also include the first ischyromyids from the Pacific Northwest. Several rodent incisors were recovered from the Hancock Mammal Quarry at Clarno, representing the first rodent specimens known from the Clarno Formation. The Hancock Mammal Quarry lies between tuffs dated 42.7 and 39.22 Ma, meaning these rodents are latest Uintan or earliest Duchesnean in age. Several ischyromyids are also described from the Big Basin Member of the John Day Formation. From a Duchesnean locality between tuffs dated 39.22 and 38.4 Ma a single tooth of Pseudotomus was recovered, which is as large as any known ischyromyid. Another Big Basin Member site yielded a new genus and species of ischyromyid. That site lies above an ash dated 36.21 Ma and biostratigraphy confirms a Chadronian age. These rodents help fill important gaps in the fossil record of the John Day Basin and will facilitate comparisons with other Eocene sites in North America and Asia.
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