Vallecito Creek (CU 52) ( of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 116.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Huesos/Tapiado Member (Palm Spring Formation), Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

• said to be Blancan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. L. Cassiliano. 1999. Biostratigraphy of Blancan and Irvingtonian mammals in the Fish Creek-Vallecito Creek section, southern California, and a review of the Blancan-Irvingtonian boundary. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(1):169-186 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20120: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair 1905 Shasta ground sloth
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis rufus Audubon and Bachman 1851 red wolf
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus casei Hibbard 1952 ringtail
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus cf. simus Cope 1879 giant short-faced bear
CU 52.7
 Carnivora - Felidae
Puma lacustris Gazin 1933 cougar
Puma cf. concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
Titanotylopus sp. Barbour and Schultz 1934 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus sp." = Equus, "Equus (Equus) sp." = Equus, "Equus (Dolichohippus) sp." = Equus, Hippidion sp., "Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens
"Equus sp." = Equus Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Equus (Equus) sp." = Equus Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Equus (Dolichohippus) sp." = Equus Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse
"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
"Sigmodon medius" = Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Hodomys sp. Merriam 1894 rodent
"Neotoma (Hodomys) sp."
Bensonomys sp. Gazin 1942 rodent
Mictomys vetus Wilson 1933 bog lemming
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875 rodent
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
"n. sp. A"
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomyidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 pocket gopher
Nerterogeomys anzensis Becker and White 1981 pocket gopher
Nerterogeomys garbanii White and Downs 1961 pocket gopher
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver
 Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon bathygnathum Wilson 1935 North American porcupine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Sylvilagus hibbardi White 1984 cottontail rabbit
Pewelagus dawsonae White 1984 rabbit