Borrego Badlands (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 116.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Ocotillo Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• said to be late Irvingtonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: T. Downs and G. J. Miller. 1994. Late Cenozoic equids from the Anza-Borrego desert of California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 440:1-90 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 20161: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• appears to equal "Borrego L.F." of Remeika 1992, in part,
fauna sensu lato said to include "more than 400" localities by Remeika 1992
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp.
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus sp.
Arctodus sp. Leidy 1854 bear
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus (Equus) sp., Equus enormis
Equus (Equus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus enormis Downs and Miller 1994 horse
 Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
cf. Nothrotheriops sp.
cf. Nothrotheriops sp. Hoffstetter 1954 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp.
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate