Also known as UCMP V-5747; Quatal Canyon South Side 8
Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.5° N, 113.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: MR Caliente Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 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 | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
Protospermophilus quatalensis Gazin 1930 squirrel | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis Frick 1937 pronghorn | |
Pliohippus tehonensis Merriam 1915 horse | |
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel | |
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere |