Camp Cady: Late/Upper Pleistocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Planorbilla ammon
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Planorbilla subcrenata
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Planorbilla ? tenuis
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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37 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Glossotherium sp.
Owen 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Mylodontidae indet.
Ameghino 1889
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Nothrotheriidae
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Nothrotheriops shastensis
(Sinclair 1905)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Nothrotherium shastense | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx sp.
Harlan 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotherium sp.
Fabrini 1890
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= Homotherium cf. serum
Cope 1893
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Jefferson and Tejada-Flores 1993 | |||||||||
| synonym of Homotherium latidens | ||||||||||
| "tentatively assigned" this species; second H. sp. that "compares favorably" with H. crenatidens is present; both are in basal Member C; NISP 3 | ||||||||||
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Felis (Puma) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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= Puma sp.
Jardine 1834
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Arctodus sp.
Leidy 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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cf. Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis cf. dirus
Leidy 1858
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Aenocyon dirus | ||||||||||
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Canis latrans
Say 1823
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Lamini indet.
Webb 1965
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| said to be a new species | ||||||||||
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Hemiauchenia macrocephala
(Cope 1893)
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117 specimens | |||||||||
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Bison antiquus
Leidy 1852
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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= Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Scott and Cox 2002 | |||||||||
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Camelops cf. hesternus
(Leidy 1873)
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368 specimens | |||||||||
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Camelops aff. minidokae
Hay 1927
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Antilocapra sp.
Ord 1818
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Ovis canadensis
Shaw 1804
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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67 specimens | |||||||||
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Equus conversidens
Owen 1869
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52 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Cricetidae indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Phoenicopteridae
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Phoenicopterus copei
Shufeldt 1891
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Phoenicopterus minutus
Howard 1955
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae
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Podiceps cf. nigricollis
Brehm 1831
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Aechmophorus occidentalis
(Lawrence 1858)
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41 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Gruidae
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cf. Grus sp.
Brisson 1760
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Fulica americana
Gmelin 1789
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Fulica americana cf. F. a. minor | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Bubo virginianus
(Gmelin 1788)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Branta canadensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Cygnus cf. columbianus
(Ord 1815)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Oxyura jamaicensis
(Gmelin 1789)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Mergus cf. merganser
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Aythya sp.
Boie 1822
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Anas cf. crecca
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anas cf. platyrhynchos
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gaviidae
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Gavia cf. arctica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ciconiiformes
- Ciconiidae
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Ciconia maltha
Miller 1910
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Pelecanidae
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Pelecanus macropus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Pelecanus aff. erythrorhynchos
Gmelin 1789
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Aquila chrysaetos
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Larus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Larus cf. oregonus
Shufeldt 1891
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Phalaropodinae indet.
(Bonaparte 1831)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Scolopacidae | ||||||||||
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cf. Actitis sp.
Illiger 1811
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Clemmys marmorata
(Baird and Girard 1852)
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| original and current combination Emys marmorata | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Gila bicolor
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| Gila bicolor mojavensis | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Gasterosteidae
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Gasterosteus aculeatus
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Physidae
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Physa sp.
Draparnaud 1801
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Vorticifex effusa
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Gyraulus vermicularis
Gould 1847
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Lymnaeidae
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Fossaria modicella
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Valvatidae
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Valvata humeralis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sphaeriidae
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Pisidium compressum
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Anodonta californiensis
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Ostracoda
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Heterocypris sp.
Claus 1893
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Limnocytheridae
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Limnocythere bradburyi
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Limnocythere ceriotuberosa
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Limnocythere platyforma
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Limnocythere robusta
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unclassified
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Carinifex newberryi
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Bernardino |
| Coordinates: | 34.8° North, 117.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° North, 117.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Manix |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 632 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:from a 39 m section spanning four members, but "all abundantly represented... mammalian taxa are known from the basal 1 m of Member C" unit bracketed by U-Th dates of 183.8 +/- 12.0 kya and > 350 kya: McGill et al. 1988; average is 0.267 Ma, concordant with Jefferson's "estimate" of 0.295 Ma list repeated by Jefferson 1991 numerous CIT, LACM, SBCM, UCRV, and USGS localities generically determinae NISP 632 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lake Manix | ||
| Database number: | 20273 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-06-27 15:36:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2016. | G. T. Jefferson. 1987. The Camp Cady Local Fauna: Paleoenvironment of the Lake Manix Basin. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 34(3-4):3-35 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 2021 | G. T. Jefferson and A. E. Tejada-Flores. 1993. San Bernardino County Museum Association 40(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 7300 | E. Scott and S. M. Cox. 2002. Late Pleistocene distribution of Bison in the Mojave Desert, southern California and Nevada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):104A-105A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |