Alvord Mountain (Below USGS D319) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: San Bernardino County, California (34.8° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 112.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Barstow Formation), Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: M. O. Woodburne, S. T. Miller, and R. H. Tedford. 1982. Stratigraphy and geochronology of Miocene strata in the central Mojave Desert, California. Geologic excursions in the California deserts and adjacent transverse ranges: fieldtrip guidebook and volume prepared for the joint meeting of the Cordilleran Section--GSA and Pacific Section--AAPG, April 9-11, 2001, Universal City, California : fieldtrips 1-4 47-64 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 19135: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

• specimen incorrectly reported as being from USGS D319 by Byers 1960
about 140 m above CIT 321: Woodburne 1991b
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Brachycrus buwaldi" = Brachycrus laticeps
"Brachycrus buwaldi" = Brachycrus laticeps Douglass 1900 oreodont