Rodent Hill 15 (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-65147

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 19523: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• NISP 105
"C. longidens zone"
Mammalia
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
a bat
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Copemys longidens Hall 1930 rodent
Copemys barstowensis Lindsay 1972 rodent
Copemys russelli James 1963 rodent
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Cupidinimus halli1 Wood 1936 rodent
Cupidinimus lindsayi2 Barnosky 1986 rodent
Perognathus furlongi Gazin 1930 pocket mouse
listed and illustrated in text but omitted from table; NISP unclear but at least 1
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
"Proheteromys lophatus" = Mojavemys lophatus1
"Proheteromys lophatus" = Mojavemys lophatus1 Lindsay 1972 pocket gopher
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus fontinalis3 Dawson 1958 rabbit
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Paradomnina cf. relictus Hutchison 1966 shrew
Limnoecus tricuspis Stirton 1930 shrew
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Lanthanotherium sawini James 1963 hedgehog