Highway 138 Borrow Cut: Late/Upper Hemingfordian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus (Schaubeumys) sp. Viret 1926
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Petauristodon cf. mathewsi (James 1963)
Tamias sp. Illinger 1811
    = Tamiini indet.
Alroy 2002
synonym of Marmotini
Miospermophilus cf. wyomingensis Black 1963
Mammalia - Rodentia
Mookomys cf. altifluminus
    = Geomyoidea indet. Bonaparte 1845
Alroy 2002
(sic)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Peridiomys sp. Matthew 1924
said to be new
Trogomys sp. Reeder 1960
said to be new
Perognathus cf. minutus James 1963
Perognathus cf. furlongi Gazin 1930
Proheteromys sulculus Wilson 1960
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Leptarctus cf. ancipidens (White 1941)
Miomustela sp. Hall 1930
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821
large
Merychippus carrizoensis Dougherty 1940
recombined as Parapliohippus carrizoensis
Archaeohippus cf. mourningi (Merriam 1913)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapiridae indet. (Gray 1821)
original and current combination Taperidae
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomerycidae indet. Lydekker 1883
Mammalia - Camelidae
Miolabis sp. Hay 1899
    = Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
cf. Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858
cf. Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956
cf. Michenia sp. Frick and Taylor 1971
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Tayassuinae indet. Palmer 1897
"Dyseohyus"
Mammalia - Soricidae
Paradomnina cf. relictus Hutchison 1966
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Bernardino
Coordinates: 34.8° North, 117.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.9° North, 111.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Late/Upper Hemingfordian
Age range of interval:18.50000 - 16.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Crowder Member:Unit 1
Local section:Cajon Local bed:4000
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: late Hemingfordian after Reynolds, et al., 2008
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:includes at least 13 localities spanning 150' of section
Metadata
Also known as:SBCM 1.103.53, 125-136; Wye
Database number:19369
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2023-10-16 14:14:00
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2880. R. E. Reynolds. 1991. Biostratigraphic relationships of Tertiary small vertebrates from Cajon Valley, San Bernardino County, California. In M.O. Woodburne, R.E. Reynolds, and D.P. Whistler, (eds.), San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 38(3):54-59 [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]