Cache Peak (RV-8230): Hemingfordian - 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 cf. intermontanus
Merriam 1915
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| recombined as Scaphohippus intermontanus | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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cf. Protolabis sp.
Cope 1876
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Kern |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 118.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 112.6° 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: | Hemingfordian - Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 18.50000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Database number: | 19218 | ||
| 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:
| 2817. | J. P. Quinn. 1987. Stratigraphy Of The Middle Miocene Bopesta Formation, Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 393:1-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |