Also known as UCMP V-5666; Dry Canyon West Side 2
Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 114.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: DS Member (Caliente Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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 19392: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Hypolagus cf. vetus Kellogg 1910 rabbit | |
"Copemys aff. dentalis" = Peromyscus dentalis1
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Proheteromys maximus James 1963 rodent
Perognathus furlongi Gazin 1930 pocket mouse | |
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"Cynorca occidentale" = Tedfordhyus occidentalis5
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Merychippus brevidontus Bode 1935 horse
Archaeohippus mourningi Merriam 1913 anchitheriine horse | |
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Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel | |
Pseudaelurus sp. Leidy 1858 cat | |
Lanthanotherium sawini James 1963 hedgehog |