Titus Canyon: Chadronian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Mesohippus sp. Marsh 1875
    = Equidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
? Eotrigonias mortivallis n. sp. Stock 1949
recombined as Teletaceras mortivallis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Colodon sp. Marsh 1890
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Menodontinae indet.
"Menodontine titanothere"
    = Telmatheriinae indet. Osborn 1914
Alroy 2002
spelled with current rank as Telmatheriina
described by Stock 1936e from CIT 255
Protitanops curryi n. sp. Stock 1936
from CIT 253: see Stock 1936e
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
? Poabromylus robustus Stock 1949
Mammalia - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx blacki Stock 1949
(2 measurements)
Mammalia - Agriochoeridae
Agriochoerus transmontanus Stock 1949
recombined as Protoreodon transmontanus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Aplodontidae indet. Brandt 1855
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
? Paramyinae indet. Simpson 1945
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Inyo
Coordinates: 36.8° North, 117.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° North, 109.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Chadronian
Age range of interval:37.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Titus Canyon
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:initially reported by Stock and Bode 1935
Metadata
Also known as:CIT 253, 254, 255, 256, 257
Database number:17029
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2021-02-26 11:40:54
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3285. C. Stock. 1949. Mammalian Fauna from Titus Canyon Formation, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 584:229-244 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]