Merychyus Locality (Cady Mountains) (Miocene of the United States)
Where: San Bernardino County, California (34.8° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 112.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hector Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: M. O. Woodburne. 1998. Arikareean and Hemingfordian faunas of the Cady Mountains, Mojave Desert Province, California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 325:197-210 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 19433: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 13.10.1999, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
• 21 - 24 m below a basalt dated at 18.6 +/- 0.2 Ma (K-Ar on biotite)
formerly a part of the broadly defined Lower Cady Mountains fauna (see)
formerly a part of the broadly defined Lower Cady Mountains fauna (see)
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Merychyus minimus Peterson 1907 oreodont | |