Barstow (Locality WS Bar 4): Barstovian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus stylodontus
(Merriam 1919)
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= Acritohippus cf. stylodontus
Merriam 1919
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Merychippus calamarius stylodontus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merychyus cf. relictus
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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= Merychyus cf. elegans
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| compared to M. r. fletcheri and specimen from USGS D321, which was referred to M. elegans by Kelly and Lander 1988 | ||||||||||
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Brachycrus buwaldi
(Merriam 1919)
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| synonym of Brachycrus laticeps | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Protolabis sp.
Cope 1876
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= Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| 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: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:"800 feet below Diblee's 'lower marker tuff bed'" = about 150' above the Oreodont Tuff, i.e., in the Green Hills fauna sensu Woodburne et al. 1990 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19153 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 01:08:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2224. | G. E. Lewis. 1968. Stratigraphic Paleontology of the Barstow Formation in the Alvord Mountain Area, San Bernardino County, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 600-C:75-79 [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] | |
| 9877 | 5% 40840 | G. E. Lewis. 1968. Stratigraphic Paleontology of the Barstow Formatin in the Mud Hills Area, San Bernardino County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 188:34-35 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |