Also known as RV-8225
Where: Kern County, California (35.2° N, 118.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 39.7° N, 112.3° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bopesta Formation, Hemingfordian to Hemingfordian (18.5 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: J. P. Quinn. 1987. Stratigraphy Of The Middle Miocene Bopesta Formation, Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 393:1-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 19201: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
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Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid | |
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Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
"Merychippus" brevidontus, "Merychippus cf. sumani" = Scaphohippus sumani, "Merychippus cf. intermontanus" = Scaphohippus intermontanus, Acritohippus quinni2
"Merychippus" brevidontus Bode 1935 horse
"Merychippus cf. sumani" = Scaphohippus sumani Merriam 1915 horse
"Merychippus cf. intermontanus" = Scaphohippus intermontanus Merriam 1915 horse | |
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
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Copemys cf. russelli James 1963 rodent | |
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