Kent Quarry: Barstovian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon sp.
Lartet 1836
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= Amphicyonidae indet.
Haeckel 1886
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus hippophaga
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
presumably includes "T. rurestris" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Pseudaelurus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Archaeohippus mourningi
(Merriam 1913)
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Merychippus brevidontus
Bode 1935
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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" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Tayassuidae indet.
Palmer 1897
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= Cynorca occidentale
Woodburne 1969
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Woodburne 1969 | |||||||||
recombined as Tedfordhyus occidentalis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Protolabis sp.
Cope 1876
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= Miolabis fricki
Kelly 1992
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Kelly 1992 | |||||||||
Hesperocamelus alexandrae
(Davidson 1923)
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= Aepycamelus cf. alexandrae
Davidson 1923
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
listed by Kelly 1992a as from UCMP V-5656, an apparent lapsus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Cranioceras sp.
Matthew 1918
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= Cranioceratini indet.
Frick 1937
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Lanthanotherium sawini
James 1963
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus cf. vetus
(Kellogg 1910)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Peromyscus dentalis
Hall 1930
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= Copemys aff. dentalis
Hall 1930
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
original and current combination Peromyscus dentalis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuropterus uphami
James 1963
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= Petauristodon uphami
James 1963
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Perognathus furlongi
Gazin 1930
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Proheteromys maximus
James 1963
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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 | ||||
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
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:"Tomarctus cf. temerarius" is omitted by Wang et al. 1999 |
Metadata
Also known as: | UCMP V-5666; Dry Canyon West Side 2 | ||
Database number: | 19392 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-05-28 18:38:25 |
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] | |
3558 | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
3752 | ETE | M. O. Woodburne. 1969. Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Cynorca and Dyseohyus (Tayassuidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 141(2):273-355 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |