Cache Peak (LACM(CIT) 517) (Miocene to of the United States)

Also known as RV-8237

Where: Kern County, California (35.2° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° 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, green sandstone

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 19202: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
cf. Miolabis sp. Hay 1899 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Acritohippus stylodontus Merriam 1919 horse