Rodent Hill (UCMP V-65140) (Miocene of the United States)

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 19525: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

• "Copemys russelli assemblage zone"
see section F in Fig. 2
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Limnoecus tricuspis Stirton 1930 shrew
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
"Proheteromys lophatus" = Mojavemys lophatus1
"Proheteromys lophatus" = Mojavemys lophatus1 Lindsay 1972 pocket gopher
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus fontinalis2 Dawson 1958 rabbit