Juntura Formation

Geologic formation in Oregon, United States

Juntura Formation
Stratigraphic range: Neogene
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Oregon
Country	United States

The Juntura Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

Fossil content

Carnivorans reported from the Juntura Formation
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Borophagina	Indeterminate	Kingsbury Gulch & Black Butte.^[1]	Distal left humerus fragment (UOMNH F-5514) & partial tooth (UOMNH F-5651).^[1]	Possibly assignable to Epicyon or Borophagus littoralis, but too fragmentary to be certain.^[1]
Borophagini	Indeterminate	Kingsbury Gulch & Black Butte.^[1]	Many isolated teeth.^[1]	Fragmentary teeth unidentified below tribe level.^[1]
Caninae	Indeterminate	Black Butte.^[1]	UOMNH F-5862 (teeth).^[1]	Formerly assigned to Vulpes but cannot be confidently identified below subfamily level.^[1]
Carpocyon	C. sp.	Black Butte.^[1]	UOMNH F-5938 (partial skeleton).^[1]	A borophagine dog.
Epicyon	E. haydeni	Kingsbury Gulch & Black Butte.^[1]	UOMNH F-5607 & F-6005.^[1]	A borophagine dog.
Epicyon	E. saevus	Black Butte.^[1]	UOMNH F-42501.^[1]	A borophagine dog.

Eulipotyphlans reported from the Juntura Formation
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Anouroneomys	A. minimus	"UO localities 2500 (Black Butte) and 2337".^[2]		A shrew.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ORCUTT, JOHN D.; HOPKINS, SAMANTHA S. B. (2011). "The Canid Fauna of the Juntura Formation (Late Clarendonian), Oregon". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (3): 700–706. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..700O. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.558147. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 25835860. S2CID 84506868.
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