Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 114.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Caliente Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
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 19426: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Acritohippus quinni Kelly 1995 horse | |
Bouromeryx cf. americanus Douglass 1899 ruminant
Rakomeryx sinclairi Matthew 1918 ruminant | |
"Cynorca occidentale" = Tedfordhyus occidentalis
"Cynorca occidentale" = Tedfordhyus occidentalis Woodburne 1969 peccary | |
"Brachycrus buwaldi" = Brachycrus laticeps
"Brachycrus buwaldi" = Brachycrus laticeps Douglass 1900 oreodont | |
Cuyamacamelus jamesi Kelly 1992 camel
Miolabis fricki Kelly 1992 camel
Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956 camel | |
Hypolagus cf. parviplicatus Dawson 1958 rabbit |