Arvin Landfill UCMP V93068 (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Where: Kern County, California (35.2° N, 118.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 118.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Wisconsinan or Holocene

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and claystone

• 2 fossiliferous samples: one from grey clay layer approx 8 meter below surface and another from coarse sand lens within clay layer at 7.5 m below surface

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: salvage,

• samples taken during mitigation; screen for >1.5 mm and for 1.5-0.7 mm

Primary reference: L. P. Fay and K. R. Thiessen. 1993. A preliminary note on the Arvin Landfill Local Fauna (?Holocene), Kern County, California. PaleoBios 15(4):78-80more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 236908: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 05.11.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
? Thomomys sp.
? Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Dipodomys sp.
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma sp., Microtus sp.
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Lacertilia indet.
Amphibia
 Salientia - Hylidae
? Hyla sp.
? Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog