Valley View Quarry (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: Middle Member (Barstow Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 19598: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000
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Taxonomic list
• stratigraphic position given by Woodburne et al. 1990 as being "60 m below the Skyline Tuff" and therefore 214 m above the Oreodont Tuff; this is about the level of polarity zone R8 and therefore well above the Valley View Tuff of Woodburne 1996b
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"Cynorca occidentale" = Tedfordhyus occidentalis3
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Tomarctus brevirostris Cope 1873 bone-crushing dog
Cynarctus galushai n. sp. Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog | |
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