Barstow (UCMP V-6605) (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: Upper Member (Barstow Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: E. H. Lindsay. 1972. Small mammal fossils from the Barstow Formation, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 93:1-104 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 19173: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

• lower "Cupidinimus nebraskensis assemblage zone" (apparently close to the level of Steepside Quarry because "Periodiomys" sensu Lindsay is shown as being restricted to this level in Fig. 37)
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Miospermophilus sp. Black 1963 squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Copemys pagei Shotwell 1967 mouse
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Cupidinimus lindsayi Barnosky 1986 rodent
Perognathus furlongi Gazin 1930 pocket mouse
Perognathus minutus James 1963 pocket mouse
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Limnoecus tricuspis Stirton 1930 shrew