LACM 6940: late Late Arikareean, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Herpetotherium sp.
Cope 1873
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Schizodontomys sp.
Rensberger 1973
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Leidymys nematodon
(Cope 1879)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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? Gripholagomys sp.
Green 1972
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Phlaocyon taylori
Hayes 2000
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Wang and Tedford 2008 | |||||||||
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? Mesocyon sp.
Scott 1890
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Wang and Tedford 2008 | |||||||||
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cf. Leptocyon sp.
Matthew 1918
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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? Machaeromeryx tragulus
Matthew 1926
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? Pseudoblastomeryx advena
(Matthew 1907)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Heterosoricidae indet.
(Viret and Zapfe 1951)
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| original and current combination Heterosoricinae | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Orange |
| Coordinates: | 33.7° North, 117.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 109.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4-5 |
| Key time interval: | late Late Arikareean |
| Age range of interval: | 29.50000 - 18.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sespe |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Upper Bowerman Landfill; LACM 6936; LACM 6937; LACM 6939; LACM 6942; LACM 6944; LACM 6945 | ||
| Database number: | 167848 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-04 16:36:32 | Last modified: | 2015-04-04 16:43:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-04 16:36:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54866. | D. P. Whistler and E. B. Lander. 2003. New Late Uintan to Early Hemingfordian Land Mammal Assemblages from the Undifferentiated Sespe and Vaqueros Formations, Orange County, and from the Sespe and Equivalent Marine Formations in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, Southern California. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:231-268 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 56906 | X. Wang and R. H. Tedford. 2008. Fossil dogs (Carnivora, Canidae) from the Sespe and Vaqueros formations in Southern California, with comments on relationships of Phlaocyon taylori. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 41:255-272 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |