John Day Formation
357 distinct taxa, from 930 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 56–5.3 Mya.
Oregon · US
357 taxa · 930 fossils · 56–5.3 MyaMembers recorded: Turtle Cove, Big Basin, Kimberly, Haystack Valley, Rose Creek, Johnson Canyon, lower Turtle Cove, Balm Creek, middle, Turtle Cove and Kimberly.
Macrostrat dates this rock 32–19 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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33 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Acer
- Promerycochoerus superbus
- Alnus
- Eporeodon occidentalis
- Dicotyledoneae
- Miohippus
- Platanus
- Tilia
- Agriochoerus guyotianus
- Paroreodon
- Daphoenus
- Paroreodon parvus
- Quercus
- Ulmus
- Paratylopus
- Archaeotherium
- Dyticonastis rensbergeri
- Paradaphoenus cuspigerus
- Temnocyon altigenis
- Craigia
- Crataegus
- Entoptychus individens
- Fagus
- Florissantia speirii
- Mahonia
- Merychyus arenarum
- Metasequoia
- Oreodontoides oregonensis
- Pleurolicus sulcifrons
- Quercus consimilis
- Acer cranei
- Capacikala gradatus
- Cercidiphyllum crenatum
- Cladrastis
- Diceratherium
- Gentilicamelus sternbergi
- Hypertragulus calcaratus
- Miosciurus ballovianus
- Nimravus brachyops
- Palaeocarya
The 40 most often recorded, of 357.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.