Raven's Roost (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-5747; Quatal Canyon South Side 8

Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 115.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MR Caliente Formation, Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. T. James. 1963. Paleontology and nonmarine stratigraphy of the Cuyama Valley badlands, California; Part 1, Geology, faunal interpretations, and systematic descriptions of Chiroptera, Insectivora, and Rodentia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 45:1-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19512: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Protospermophilus quatalensis Gazin 1930 squirrel
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus tehonensis Merriam 1915 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis Frick 1937 pronghorn
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere