California Oaks (SBCM 05.006.301) (Pleistocene of the United States)

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: A. F. Pajak, iii, E. Scott, and C. J. Bell. 1996. A review of the biostratigraphy of Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments in the Elsinore Fault Zone, Riverside County, California. PaleoBios 17(2-4):28-49 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 20205: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

• includes most of the composite list for SBCM 5.6.202 and four other localities given by Reynolds et al. 1991
following IDs from this composite list cannot be matched: Clethrionomys sp. Canis cf. latrans Canis cf. dirus Vulpes sp. ? Mammut sp.
NISP 461
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
large
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma sp., "Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis2
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
"Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis2 Hibbard 1944 vole
possibly includes "Microtus sp."
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
small
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
large and small
Perognathinae indet.1 Coues 1875 rodent
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus scotti" = Equus mexicanus1
"Equus scotti" = Equus mexicanus1 Hibbard 1955 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scapanus sp. Pomel 1848 mole
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
cf. Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth