Barstow (UCMP 2057) (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: Barstow Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: J. C. Merriam. 1919. Tertiary mammalian faunas of the Mohave desert. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(5):437-585 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 19162: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• stratigraphic position unclear
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Acritohippus stylodontus1 Merriam 1919 horse
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Brachycrus buwaldi" = Brachycrus laticeps1
"Brachycrus buwaldi" = Brachycrus laticeps1 Douglass 1900 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
"Rakomeryx raki n. gen. n. sp." = Rakomeryx sinclairi2
"Rakomeryx raki n. gen. n. sp." = Rakomeryx sinclairi2 Matthew 1918 ruminant
either "Dromomeryx or Cervus?"; possibly Rakomeryx, see Kelly and Lander 1988
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
"Merycodus coronatus n. sp." = Merriamoceros coronatus3
"Merycodus coronatus n. sp." = Merriamoceros coronatus3 Merriam 1913 pronghorn
UCMP 20052