Cache Peak (LACM(CIT) 498) (Miocene to of the United States)

Where: Kern County, California (35.2° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 112.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bopesta Formation, Hemingfordian to Hemingfordian (20.4 - 12.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. H. Tedford, R. L. Schultz; reposited in the CIT, LACM

Primary reference: J. P. Quinn. 1987. Stratigraphy Of The Middle Miocene Bopesta Formation, Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 393:1-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19197: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Archaeolaginae indet.1
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Merycodontinae indet.1
Merycodontinae indet.1 Matthew 1904 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomerycidae indet.
Palaeomerycidae indet. Lydekker 1883 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.1, Miolabis sp.
Camelidae indet.1 Gray 1821 camel
Miolabis sp. Hay 1899 camel
form "B"
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Brachycrus cf. buwaldi" = Brachycrus laticeps
"Brachycrus cf. buwaldi" = Brachycrus laticeps Douglass 1900 oreodont
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Acritohippus stylodontus1, Hypohippus sp.
Acritohippus stylodontus1 Merriam 1919 horse
Hypohippus sp. Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Gopherus depressus n. sp.2
Gopherus depressus n. sp.2 Brattstrom 1961 gopher tortoise
1Alroy 2002; 2Brattstrom 1961