Alamos Canyon ( of the United States)

Also known as CIT 221; LACM (CIT) 3538

Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 111.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Sespe Formation, Harrisonian (24.8 - 18.5 Ma)

• Calvano et al. 2008 says this is Arikareean

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: E. B. Lander. 1983. Continental Vertebrate Faunas from the Upper Member of the Sespe Formation, Simi Valley, California, and the terminal Eocene Event. In R. R. Squires, M. V. Filewicz (eds.), Cenozoic Geology of the Simi Valley Area, Southern California, SEPM Fall Field Trip Volume and Guidebook 142-144 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 17742: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• close to contact of Sespe and Vaqueros Fms.
unclassified
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Chondrichthyes indet.
"Chondrichthyan, gen. and sp. indet. (shark)"
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Hypertragulus hesperius Hay 1902 ruminant
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
? Archaeolagus sp. Dice 1917 rabbit
see also Mason and Swisher 1989; described by Wilson 1949c as from 100' below top of fm.
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Leidymys nematodon Cope 1879 rodent