Ochotona spanglei
| Ochotona spanglei Temporal range: Late Miocene or Early Pliocene, 10.3–4.9 Ma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Ochotonidae |
| Genus: | Ochotona |
| Species: | O. spanglei |
| Binomial name | |
| Ochotona spanglei Shotwell 1956[1][2][n 1] | |
Ochotona spanglei is an extinct species of pika (mammal in the family Ochotonidae), known from Late Miocene or Early Pliocene fossil from Oregon (USA).[1][2][n 1] Fossils were also found in Nebraska referred to as Ochotona cf. spanglei.[2][3][n 1]
Ochotona spanglei is the earliest known pika, which inhabited North America. Pika came at the Miocene-Pliocene boundary from Eurasia. Extinction of O. spanglei was followed by an approximately three-million-year-long gap in the known North American pikas record.[4]
Fossil distribution
- McKay Reservoir, Oregon, McKay Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma), Ochotona spanglei, the species was discovered here[2][n 2] (described from a lower jaw with complete cheek dentition)[1]
- Honey Creek, Nebraska, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma), Ochotona cf. spanglei[2][3][n 3]
- Mailbox Prospect, Antelope County, Nebraska, Late/Upper Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma), Ochotona cf. spanglei[2][3][n 4]
Notes
- 1 2 3 Ochotona spanglei in the Paleobiology Database.[2][pdb 1][pdb 2][pdb 3]
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database collection: McKay Reservoir (Neogene of the United States).[pdb 4][pdb 1]
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database collection: Honey Creek (Neogene of the United States).[pdb 5][pdb 2]
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database collection: Mailbox (Neogene of the United States).[pdb 6][pdb 2]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Ochotona spanglei |
- 1 2 3 Shotwell, J. Arnold (1956). "Hemphillian mammalian assemblage from northeastern Oregon". Geological Society of America Bulletin. Geological Society America. 67 (6): 717–738. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1956)67[717:HMAFNO]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Paleobiology Database. †Ochotona spanglei Shotwell 1956 (pika)". Retrieved April 19, 2014.
- 1 2 3 Voorhies, M. R. (1990). Gustavson, T. C., ed. Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains. Bureau of Economic Geology Guidebook. Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas.
- ↑ Erbajeva, Margarita A.; Mead, Jim I.; Alexeeva, Nadezhda V.; Angelone, Chiara; Swift, Sandra L. (2011). "Taxonomic diversity of Late Cenozoic Asian and North American ochotonids (an overview)" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: 1–9. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
Additional references of the Paleobiology Database
- 1 2 Shotwell, J. A. (1956). "Hemphillian mammalian assemblage from Northeastern Oregon". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 67. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
- 1 2 3 Voorhies, M. R. (1990). Gustavson, T. C., ed. Bureau of Economic Geology Guidebook. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
- ↑ Additional contributors to utilized records of Paleobiology Database (authorizers supplying these records) include John Alroy.
- ↑ "The Paleobiology Database collection: McKay Reservoir (Neogene of the United States)". Retrieved 2015-03-14.
authorized by John Alroy
- ↑ "The Paleobiology Database collection: Honey Creek (Neogene of the United States)". Retrieved 2015-03-14.
authorized by John Alroy
- ↑ "The Paleobiology Database collection: Mailbox (Neogene of the United States)". Retrieved 2015-03-14.
authorized by John Alroy
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