Dove Spring (Lower) (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Kern County, California (35.3° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 114.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Dove Spring Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: D. P. Whistler and D. W. Burbank. 1992. Miocene biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Dove Spring Formation, Mojave Desert, California, and characterization of the Clarendonian mammal age (late Miocene) in California. Geological Society America Bulletin 104(6):644-658 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 19322: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• upper Mbr. 5; = upper "E. aphobus/H. forcei" zone
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"Copemys dentalis" = Peromyscus dentalis
"Copemys dentalis" = Peromyscus dentalis Hall 1930 deer mouse | |
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"Thomomys" sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher | |
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Perognathus minutus James 1963 pocket mouse
Cupidinimus sp. Wood 1935 rodent | |
Leptocyon vafer, "Osteoborus diabloensis" = Borophagus littoralis, "Epicyon aphobus" = Epicyon haydeni
Leptocyon vafer Leidy 1858 canine
"Osteoborus diabloensis" = Borophagus littoralis VanderHoof 1931 bone-crushing dog listed by Wang et al. 1999 at LACM 3620 (Bedrock Springs Formation), LACM 4771 (Dove Springs Formation)
"Epicyon aphobus" = Epicyon haydeni Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog includes type of "Osteoborus ricardoensis" from the "Upper Ricardo beds, Red Rock Canyon" of Stirton and VanderHoof 1933
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Martinogale sp. Hall 1930 skunk | |
"Barbourofelis osborni" = Barbourofelis whitfordi
"Barbourofelis osborni" = Barbourofelis whitfordi Barbour and Cook 1915 false sabre-tooth | |
Cormohipparion occidentale, Hipparion forcei, Pliohippus tantalus, Pliohippus tehonensis, "Pliohippus leardi" = Dinohippus leardi
Cormohipparion occidentale Leidy 1856 hipparionine horse
Hipparion forcei Richey 1948 hipparionine horse
Pliohippus tantalus Merriam 1913 horse
Pliohippus tehonensis Merriam 1915 horse
"Pliohippus leardi" = Dinohippus leardi Drescher 1941 horse | |
Ustatochoerus californicus n. sp.
Ustatochoerus californicus n. sp. Merriam 1919 oreodont includes type of Merriam 1919 from UCMP 1755
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Plioceros sp. Frick 1937 pronghorn | |
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Scapanus shultzi Tedford 1961 mole | |
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"Sorex" sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Alluvisorex chasseae Tedford 1961 shrew | |
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Serbelodon burnhami Osborn 1933 gomphothere | |