Kinsey Ranch (CIT 459) (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.7° N, 118.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 116.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Peace Valley Beds Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• said to be Hemphillian

Environment/lithology: fluvial; shale and coarse-grained sandstone

• shales to coarse sandstones... gray, to brown. Subrounding of the larger clasts, relatively poor sorting and arkosic sediments... Occasional cross-bedding and asymmetrical ripple marks

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: W. E. Miller and T. Downs. 1974. A Hemphillian local fauna containing a new genus of antilocaprid from southern California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 258:1-36 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Head]more details

PaleoDB collection 19397: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus sp.
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874 horse
seems OK, JA pers. obs. 4.1.94
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
cf. Hemiauchenia sp.
cf. Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
"Clemmys cf. marmorata" = Emys marmorata
"Clemmys cf. marmorata" = Emys marmorata Baird and Girard 1852 western pond turtle