Also known as UCMP V-5703; Canyon West of Nettle Spring 1
Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 115.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: NS Caliente Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: G. T. James. 1963. Paleontology and nonmarine stratigraphy of the Cuyama Valley badlands, California; Part 1, Geology, faunal interpretations, and systematic descriptions of Chiroptera, Insectivora, and Rodentia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 45:1-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 19353: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
level: ApchC 2
Protospermophilus quatalensis
Leporidae indet. ["Hypolagus apachensis"
Mammalia | |
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874 horse | |
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis Frick 1937 pronghorn | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
Caninae indet. Gill 1872 canine |