Cherty Bonebed: Barstovian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus rurestris
(Condon 1896)
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= Borophaginae indet.
Simpson 1945
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| status unclear in light of Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Protolabis sp.
Cope 1876
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= Miolabis fricki
Kelly 1992
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Kelly 1992 | |||||||||
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Hesperocamelus alexandrae
(Davidson 1923)
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= Aepycamelus cf. alexandrae
Davidson 1923
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| confirmed by Kelly 1992a | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Stylonus sp.
Cope 1878
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= Acritohippus quinni
Kelly 1995
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Kelly 1995 | |||||||||
| replaces ID of Kelly and Lander 1988; "Merychippus sumani" | ||||||||||
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Archaeohippus mourningi
(Merriam 1913)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Ventura |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 119.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.5° North, 114.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
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
| 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:immediately below tuff dated at 15.6 Ma: Kelly and Lander 1988 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V-5672; Dry Canyon West Side 8 | ||
| Database number: | 19292 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-05-28 18:36:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2012. | G. T. James. 1963. Paleontology and nonmarine stratigraphy of the Cuyama Valley badlands, California; Part 1, Geology, faunal interpretations, and systematic descriptions of Chiroptera, Insectivora, and Rodentia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 45:1-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 2060 | T. S. Kelly. 1992. New Middle Miocene Camels from the Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Badlands, California. PaleoBios 13(52):1-22 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 2065 | T. S. Kelly. 1995. New Miocene horses from the Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Badlands, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 455:1-33 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |