Dove Spring (Middle) (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 19323: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• basal Mbr. 6; lower "Paronychomys/O. diabloensis" zone
ash at 1400 m, within this zone, dated at 8.5 +/- 0.13 Ma (KA); ash at 1420 m dated at 8.4 +/- 1.8 Ma (FT on zircon); more precise date should be used, and in fact is accepted by Perkins et al. 1998
ash at 1400 m, within this zone, dated at 8.5 +/- 0.13 Ma (KA); ash at 1420 m dated at 8.4 +/- 1.8 Ma (FT on zircon); more precise date should be used, and in fact is accepted by Perkins et al. 1998
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Mammalia | |
|
Serbelodon burnhami Osborn 1933 gomphothere | |
|
| |
|
Cormohipparion occidentale Leidy 1856 hipparionine horse
Hipparion forcei Richey 1948 hipparionine horse
Dinohippus cf. leardi Drescher 1941 horse | |
|
Plioceros sp. Frick 1937 pronghorn | |
|
Ustatochoerus californicus Merriam 1919 oreodont | |
"Barbourofelis osborni" = Barbourofelis whitfordi
"Barbourofelis osborni" = Barbourofelis whitfordi Barbour and Cook 1915 false sabre-tooth | |
|
"Osteoborus diabloensis" = Borophagus littoralis VanderHoof 1931 bone-crushing dog
Caninae indet. Gill 1872 canine
Leptocyon vafer Leidy 1858 canine | |
|
Martinogale sp. Hall 1930 skunk | |
|
Scapanus shultzi Tedford 1961 mole | |
|
"Sorex" sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew | |
Paronychomys sp., "Copemys dentalis" = Peromyscus dentalis
Paronychomys sp. Jacobs 1977 mouse
"Copemys dentalis" = Peromyscus dentalis Hall 1930 deer mouse | |
|
Perognathus minutus James 1963 pocket mouse
Cupidinimus sp. Wood 1935 rodent | |