Kelly Pits (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 6475
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Where: Orange County, California (33.6° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 117.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Palos Verdes Sand Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary Vertebrates from California: Part Two, Mammals. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 7:1-129 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details

PaleoDB collection 20607: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• said to be "18O substage 5e"
unclassified
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
Aves
 Aves -
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
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 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
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 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
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 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
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Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog