Lower Cady Mountains (Miocene of the United States)

Where: San Bernardino County, California (34.8° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 112.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hector Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. O. Woodburne, S. T. Miller, and R. H. Tedford. 1982. Stratigraphy and geochronology of Miocene strata in the central Mojave Desert, California. Geologic excursions in the California deserts and adjacent transverse ranges: fieldtrip guidebook and volume prepared for the joint meeting of the Cordilleran Section--GSA and Pacific Section--AAPG, April 9-11, 2001, Universal City, California : fieldtrips 1-4 47-64 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 19425: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.01.1995

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Taxonomic list

• Merychyus sensu stricto is not present in the stratigraphically narrowed fauna of Woodburne 1998
somewhat above a basalt dated at 18.6 +/- 0.3 Ma (see Merychyus Locality)
apparently spans multiple polarity intervals, see MacFadden et al. 1990
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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
"Dromomerycidae indet." = Dromomerycinae
"Dromomerycidae indet." = Dromomerycinae Frick 1937 ruminant
"aletomerycine"
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyinae indet.
Merychyinae indet. Simpson 1945 oreodont