California Oaks (SBCM 5.6.138) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as SBCM 05.006.138
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894

Where: Riverside County, California (33.9° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 116.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: "unnamed sandstone" Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. E. Reynolds, R. L. Reynolds, and A. F. Pajak, III. 1991. Blancan, Irvingtonian, and Rancholabrean(?) land mammal age faunas from western Riverside County, California. In R.E. Reynolds, D.P. Whistler (eds.), San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 38(3-4):37-40 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20177: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• screenwash sample is "possibly contaminated"
NISP 33: Pajak et al. 1996
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus cf. scotti" = Equus mexicanus1
"Equus cf. scotti" = Equus mexicanus1 Hibbard 1955 horse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Prodipodomys sp. Hibbard 1939 rodent
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Neotoma sp.3 Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
large
Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
? Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Sceloporus sp. Wiegmann 1828 spiny lizard
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydinae indet.2 Rafinesque 1815 turtle
Amphibia
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog
 Caudata - Urodela
Plethodontinae indet. lungless salamander