SDSNH 3131, Bonita (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.7° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 117.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, muddy conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. M. Chandler. 1982. A second Pleistocene passenger pigeon from Calfornia. Condor 82:242 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 106400: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.03.2011, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys cf. bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Heteromyidae indet. Gray 1868 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird 1858 western harvest mouse
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus Wagner 1843 deer mouse
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus californicus Peale 1848 California vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
Lepus californicus Gray 1837 black-tailed jackrabbit
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex cf. ornatus Merriam 1895 long-tailed shrew
Notiosorex sp. Baird 1877 gray shrew
Notiosorex crawfordi Coues 1877 Crawford's gray shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scapanus sp. Pomel 1848 mole
Scapanus latimanus Bachman 1842 broad-footed mole
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
cf. Lasiurus sp. Gray 1831 hairy-tailed bat
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
cf. Tadarida sp. Rafinesque 1814 free-tailed bat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Scincidae
Eumeces sp. Wiegmann 1834 skink
 Squamata -
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Phrynosoma sp. Wiegmann 1828 horned lizard
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825 squamates
cf. Elgaria sp. Gray 1838 alligator lizard
Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816 hawk
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius Linnaeus 1758 passenger pigeon
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Melanitta sp. Boie 1822 scoter
 Galliformes - Odontophoridae
Callipepla sp. Wagler 1832 crested quail
Callipepla californica Shaw 1798 California quail