Kern River (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as CIT 49

Where: Kern County, California (35.3° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 114.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kern River Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. W. Wilson. 1937. New middle Pliocene rodent and lagomorph faunas from Oregon and California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 487(1):2-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/C. Bell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19393: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

• Wilson's list omits large mammals and no full faunal list is available
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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equini indet.1, Neohipparion sp.7
Equini indet.1 Quinn 1955 horse
from "Kern River Pliocene"; dp2-4, apparently indeterminate; not clear if this is "P. sp." of Tedford et al. 1987
Neohipparion sp.7 Gidley 1903 hipparionine horse
"of the N. eurystyle group"
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Pediomeryx sp.1
Pediomeryx sp.1 Stirton 1936 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Prosthennops kernensis n. sp.3
Prosthennops kernensis n. sp.3 Colbert 1938 peccary
CIT 49 and 50
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Eomellivora cf. wimani6, "Brachypsalis angustidens n. sp." = Mionictis angustidens4
Eomellivora cf. wimani6 Zdansky 1924 ratel
"Kern River... Kern County"
"Brachypsalis angustidens n. sp." = Mionictis angustidens4 Hall 1930 otter
CIT 49
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus antiquus4
Bassariscus antiquus4 Matthew and Cook 1909 ringtail
CIT 49
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes kernensis n. sp.5, Metalopex merriami8
Vulpes kernensis n. sp.5 Tedford et al. 2009 fox
CIT 49
Metalopex merriami8 Tedford and Wang 2008 canine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.1, Hypolagus edensis9
Leporidae indet.1 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
(small)
Hypolagus edensis9 Frick 1921 rabbit
"Hypolagus nr. limnetus"
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus argonautus" = Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus2
"Citellus argonautus" = Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus2 Stirton and Goeriz 1942 squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Peromyscus pliocenicus n. sp." = Basirepomys pliocenicus
"Peromyscus pliocenicus n. sp." = Basirepomys pliocenicus Wilson 1937 mouse
Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
? Parabuteo sp.5
? Parabuteo sp.5 Ridgway 1874 hawk
1Alroy 2002; 2Black 1963; 3Colbert 1938; 4Hall 1930; 5Miller 1931; 6Stock and Hall 1933; 7Tedford et al. 1987; 8Tedford and Wang 2008; 9White 1988