El Casco (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as SBCM 5.3.3; Site 350
Where: Riverside County, California (33.9° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 116.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: upper Member (San Timoteo Formation), Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
• said to be early Irvingtonian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: R. E. Reynolds and W. A. Reeder. 1991. The San Timoteo Formation, Riverside County, California. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 38(3):44-48 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20319: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
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Taxonomic list
• stratigraphy discussed by Albright 1999b; specimen counts given by Albright 1999c exclude certain F:AM and SBCM material
see also Frazier 1981
see also Frazier 1981
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Mammalia | |
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate | |
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Erethizon cascoensis n. sp.
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Neotoma sp.2 Say and Ord 1825 pack rat includes "N. prealbigula"; "N. prelepida"; and "N. prefuscipes"
Ondatra idahoensis1 Wilson 1933 muskrat same i.d. given by Frazier 1981; "O. annectens" according to Repenning 1987, Reynolds and Reeder 1991
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Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
Canis edwardii Gazin 1942 canine | |
Arctodus sp. Leidy 1854 bear | |
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
Camelops cf. hesternus Leidy 1873 camel | |
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"Tapirus cf. haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii3
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"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens2
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