Also known as RV-8256
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)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray siltstone and gray, green mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the 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 19200: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
"Merychippus cf. intermontanus" = Scaphohippus intermontanus, "Merychippus cf. sumani" = Scaphohippus sumani, Archaeohippus ultimus
"Merychippus cf. intermontanus" = Scaphohippus intermontanus Merriam 1915 horse
"Merychippus cf. sumani" = Scaphohippus sumani Merriam 1915 horse
Archaeohippus ultimus Cope 1886 anchitheriine horse | |
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
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Merycodontinae indet. Matthew 1904 pronghorn | |
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Palaeomerycidae indet. Lydekker 1883 ruminant | |
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Miolabis sp. Hay 1899 camel | |
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Merycoidodontidae indet. Cook 1912 oreodont | |