Oreodont Quarry (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as Oreodon Quarry
Where: San Bernardino County, California (34.8° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 112.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Barstow Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 19472: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
• Oreodont Tuff is "just above" quarry (Woodburne et al. 1999) and is dated at 15.8 +/- 0.09 Ma (Ar-Ar: MacFadden et al. 1990); Turbin Quarry is at the same level
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Osbornodon fricki Wang 1994 canid | |
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"Rakomeryx raki" = Rakomeryx sinclairi3
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