Fernwood Member (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.0° N, 118.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 113.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Topanga Canyon Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: T. S. Kelly and E. B. Lander. 1988. Biostratigraphy and Correlation of Hemingfordian and Barstovian Land Mammal Assemblages, Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Area, California. In W. J. M. Bazeley (ed.), Tertiary Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Cuyama Basin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, California 1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 19344: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Parapliohippus carrizoensis Dougherty 1940 horse