North Coalinga (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as CIT 108, 129; Domengine Creek; Merychippus Zone; UCMP 2124
Where: Fresno County, California (36.1° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 115.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Temblor Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: F. D. Bode. 1935. The Fauna of the Merychippus Zone, North Coalinga District, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 453(6):65-96 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 19460: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Mark Uhen and Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• CIT 108 is the same as UCMP 2124: Downs 1961
Merriam's types of "Neohipparion molle" and "Pliohippus coalingensis" are from "North Coalinga" but in the "Jacalitos formation" = Etchegoin Fm. according to Tedford et al. 1987; these are widely separated stratigraphically according to Nomland 1916 and are of unclear relationships to the USGS sites in the Etchegoin
"? Prosthennops sp." is indeterminate: Colbert 1938
Merriam's types of "Neohipparion molle" and "Pliohippus coalingensis" are from "North Coalinga" but in the "Jacalitos formation" = Etchegoin Fm. according to Tedford et al. 1987; these are widely separated stratigraphically according to Nomland 1916 and are of unclear relationships to the USGS sites in the Etchegoin
"? Prosthennops sp." is indeterminate: Colbert 1938
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Aelurodon sp. Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog probably OK; compared very closely to A. "wheelerianus" and contrasted with Epicyon haydeni and "E. aphobus"
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"Cynorca occidentale" = Tedfordhyus occidentalis6
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Palaeomerycidae indet. Lydekker 1883 ruminant "Blastomeryx (Dyseomeryx) sp.": comparisons are entirely to "Blastomeryx" riparius
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Merychippus brevidontus n. sp., Merychippus californicus n. sp., Desmatippus avus1, Archaeohippus mourningi, Hypohippus sp.
Merychippus californicus n. sp. Merriam 1915 horse see Bode 1934; from both CIT 108 and CIT 129, see Downs 1961
Archaeohippus mourningi Merriam 1913 anchitheriine horse
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Monosaulax sp. Stirton 1935 beaver said to be "M. pansus" and from both CIT 108 and CIT 129 by Stirton 1935
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