Also known as UCMP V-5662; Apache Canyon 1
Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.5° N, 113.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: NS 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 19453: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mojavemys wilsoni James 1963 pocket gopher | |
Petauristodon mathewsi James 1963 squirrel
Protospermophilus quatalensis Gazin 1930 squirrel
Tamias cf. ateles Hall 1930 chipmunk | |
Copemys russelli James 1963 rodent | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
Caninae indet. Gill 1872 canine | |
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel | |
? Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874 horse | |
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis Frick 1937 pronghorn | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere |