Also known as UCMP V-5656; Quatal Canyon South Side 2
Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 115.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: MR Caliente Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: G. T. James. 1963. Paleontology and nonmarine stratigraphy of the Cuyama Valley badlands, California; Part 1, Geology, faunal interpretations, and systematic descriptions of Chiroptera, Insectivora, and Rodentia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 45:1-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 19361: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
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Pliohippus tehonensis Merriam 1915 horse | |
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis1
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Lanthanotherium dehmi James 1963 hedgehog
Lanthanotherium sawini James 1963 hedgehog | |
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Ammospermophilus fossilis, Tamias cf. ateles, Petauristodon mathewsi1, Protospermophilus quatalensis
Ammospermophilus fossilis James 1963 antelope squirrel
Tamias cf. ateles Hall 1930 chipmunk
Protospermophilus quatalensis Gazin 1930 squirrel | |
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Perognathus furlongi Gazin 1930 pocket mouse |