Camp Cady (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as Lake Manix
Where: San Bernardino County, California (34.8° N, 117.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Manix Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. T. Jefferson. 1987. The Camp Cady Local Fauna: Paleoenvironment of the Lake Manix Basin. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 34(3-4):3-35 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 20273: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Patricia Holroyd
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Taxonomic list
• from a 39 m section spanning four members, but "all abundantly represented... mammalian taxa are known from the basal 1 m of Member C"
unit bracketed by U-Th dates of 183.8 +/- 12.0 kya and > 350 kya: McGill et al. 1988; average is 0.267 Ma, concordant with Jefferson's "estimate" of 0.295 Ma
list repeated by Jefferson 1991
numerous CIT, LACM, SBCM, UCRV, and USGS localities
generically determinae NISP 632
unit bracketed by U-Th dates of 183.8 +/- 12.0 kya and > 350 kya: McGill et al. 1988; average is 0.267 Ma, concordant with Jefferson's "estimate" of 0.295 Ma
list repeated by Jefferson 1991
numerous CIT, LACM, SBCM, UCRV, and USGS localities
generically determinae NISP 632
Show authors, comments, and common names
unclassified | |
Ostracoda | |
Heterocypris sp. Claus 1893 ostracod | |
Limnocythere bradburyi ostracod
Limnocythere ceriotuberosa ostracod
Limnocythere platyforma ostracod
Limnocythere robusta ostracod | |
Bivalvia | |
Pisidium compressum pea clam | |
Anodonta californiensis freshwater mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Physa sp. Draparnaud 1801 snail | |
Vorticifex effusa snail
Gyraulus vermicularis Gould 1847 Pacific coast gyro | |
Fossaria modicella snail | |
Valvata humeralis Say 1829 glossy valvata | |
Actinopteri | |
Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 three-spined stickleback | |
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Reptilia | |
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata Baird and Girard 1852 western pond turtle | |
Aves | |
Aechmophorus occidentalis Lawrence 1858 western grebe
Podiceps cf. nigricollis Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe | |
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cf. Grus sp. Brisson 1760 crane | |
Bubo virginianus Gmelin 1788 great horned owl | |
Oxyura jamaicensis, Branta canadensis, Cygnus cf. columbianus, Anas cf. crecca, Anas cf. platyrhynchos, Aythya sp., Mergus cf. merganser
Oxyura jamaicensis Gmelin 1789 Ruddy duck
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
Cygnus cf. columbianus Ord 1815 tundra swan
Anas cf. crecca Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian teal
Anas cf. platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard
Aythya sp. Boie 1822 pochard
Mergus cf. merganser Linnaeus 1758 common merganser | |
Phoenicopterus minutus Howard 1955 flamingo
Phoenicopterus copei Shufeldt 1891 flamingo | |
Gavia cf. arctica Linnaeus 1758 Arctic loon | |
Pelecanus macropus pelican
Pelecanus aff. erythrorhynchos Gmelin 1789 American white pelican | |
Ciconia maltha Miller 1910 asphalt stork | |
Larus sp. Linnaeus 1758 gull
Larus cf. oregonus Shufeldt 1891 gull | |
cf. Actitis sp., "Phalaropodinae indet." = Scolopacidae
cf. Actitis sp. Illiger 1811 snipe
"Phalaropodinae indet." = Scolopacidae Rafinesque 1815 snipe | |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle | |
Mammalia | |
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth | |
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair 1905 Shasta ground sloth | |
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate | |
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Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 rodent | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
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Canis latrans, "Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
"Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |
cf. Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
Arctodus sp. Leidy 1854 bear | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse | |
Ovis canadensis Shaw 1804 bighorn sheep | |
Antilocapra sp. Ord 1818 pronghorn | |
Camelops sp.3, Camelops aff. minidokae, Camelops cf. hesternus, Lamini indet., Hemiauchenia macrocephala
Camelops aff. minidokae Hay 1927 camel
Camelops cf. hesternus Leidy 1873 camel
Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893 camel | |
Carinifex | |