Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 116.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Huesos/Tapiado Member (Palm Spring Formation), Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
• said to be Irvingtonian
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 20123: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair 1905 Shasta ground sloth | |
Trigonictis macrodon, "Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893 camel
Titanotylopus sp. Barbour and Schultz 1934 camel
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel | |
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Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn | |
Scapanus malatinus Hutchison 1987 mole | |
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Sylvilagus hibbardi White 1984 cottontail rabbit | |
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
"Sigmodon medius" = Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat | |
Geomyidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 pocket gopher
Microdipodops sp. Merriam 1891 pocket gopher
Nerterogeomys garbanii White and Downs 1961 pocket gopher
Nerterogeomys anzensis Becker and White 1981 pocket gopher
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher | |
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
Dipodomys compactus True 1889 Gulf Coast kangaroo rat
Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875 rodent |