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 indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate | |
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair 1905 Shasta ground sloth | |
Canis rufus Audubon and Bachman 1851 red wolf
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote | |
Bassariscus casei Hibbard 1952 ringtail | |
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Puma lacustris Gazin 1933 cougar
Puma cf. concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma | |
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary | |
Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn | |
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
Titanotylopus sp. Barbour and Schultz 1934 camel | |
"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 | |
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew | |
Sigmodon sp., "Sigmodon medius" = Sigmodon minor, Peromyscus sp., Hodomys sp., Bensonomys sp., Mictomys vetus
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
"Sigmodon medius" = Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Bensonomys sp. Gazin 1942 rodent
Mictomys vetus Wilson 1933 bog lemming | |
Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875 rodent
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat | |
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 | |
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver | |
Erethizon bathygnathum Wilson 1935 North American porcupine | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Sylvilagus hibbardi White 1984 cottontail rabbit
Pewelagus dawsonae White 1984 rabbit |