Argonaut: Barstovian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Peridiomys sp. Matthew 1924
    = Mioheteromyinae indet.
Alroy 2002
(small)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Miospermophilus sp. Black 1963
Mammalia - Rodentia
Mookomys cf. altifluminus
    = Geomyoidea indet. Bonaparte 1845
Alroy 2002
(sic)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Mojavemys lophatus Lindsay 1972
    = Proheteromys lophatus Lindsay 1972
Alroy 2002
original and current combination Mojavemys lophatus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus furlongi Gazin 1930
Perognathus minutus James 1963
Peridiomys oregonensis (Gazin 1932)
    = Balantiomys cf. oregonensis Gazin 1932
Alroy 2002
recombined as Peridiomys oregonensis
Diprionomys cf. parvus Kellogg 1910
Proheteromys sulculus Wilson 1960
Cupidinimus halli (Wood 1936)
Cupidinimus lindsayi Barnosky 1986
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Bernardino
Coordinates: 34.8° North, 117.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.1° North, 112.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Barstovian
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 13.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Barstow
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:Yermo fauna is at about the same level in the same section but is not from the same locality
Metadata
Also known as:SBCM 1.76.43
Database number:19141
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:43
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2881. R. E. Reynolds. 1991. Hemingfordian/Barstovian Land Mammal Age faunas in the central Mojave Desert, exclusive of the Barstow Fossil Beds. In M.O. Woodburne, R.E. Reynolds, and D.P. Whistler, (eds.), San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 38(3):88-90 [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]