PBDB Collection

Rodent Hill (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-2301

Where: San Bernardino County, California (34.8° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 112.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Barstow Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: E. H. Lindsay. 1972. Small mammal fossils from the Barstow Formation, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 93:1-104 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 19522: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• all material of Hall 1930c comes from this locality
NISP 364
"C. longidens zone"

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Mammalia
Chiroptera -	Chiroptera indet. Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat a bat
Carnivora - Canidae	Paratomarctus temerarius⁵ Paratomarctus temerarius⁵ Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Carnivora - Procyonidae	Procyonidae indet. Procyonidae indet. Gray 1825 procyonid carnivore "Bassariscus": Hall 1930a; compared to both Probassariscus antiquus and Bassariscus sumichrasti
Perissodactyla - Equidae	""Merychippus" intermontanus" = Scaphohippus intermontanus⁴ ""Merychippus" intermontanus" = Scaphohippus intermontanus⁴ Merriam 1915 horse also at Greer Quarry, Robbins Quarry (level not stated)
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Limnoecus tricuspis n. sp. Limnoecus tricuspis n. sp. Stirton 1930 shrew see Stirton 1930
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Hypolagus fontinalis⁶ Hypolagus fontinalis⁶ Dawson 1958 rabbit
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Tamias ateles n. sp. Tamias ateles n. sp. Hall 1930 chipmunk of Hall 1930c
Rodentia - Geomyidae	"Proheteromys lophatus" = Mojavemys lophatus¹, Phelosaccomys sp.³ "Proheteromys lophatus" = Mojavemys lophatus¹ Lindsay 1972 pocket gopher Phelosaccomys sp.³ Korth and Reynolds 1994 pocket gopher
Rodentia - Heteromyidae	Perognathus minutus, Perognathus furlongi, Cupidinimus halli¹, Cupidinimus lindsayi² Perognathus minutus James 1963 pocket mouse Perognathus furlongi Gazin 1930 pocket mouse Cupidinimus halli¹ Wood 1936 rodent Cupidinimus lindsayi² Barnosky 1986 rodent
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Copemys russelli, Copemys barstowensis n. sp., Copemys longidens n. sp. Copemys russelli James 1963 rodent Copemys barstowensis n. sp. Lindsay 1972 rodent Copemys longidens n. sp. Hall 1930 rodent of Hall 1930c

¹Alroy 2002; ²Barnosky 1986; ³Korth and Reynolds 1994; ⁴Pajak, Iii and Vincelette 1991; ⁵Wang et al. 1999; ⁶White 1988