Oreodont Quarry: Barstovian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hypohippus affinis
(Leidy 1858)
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Gonzalez and Lofgren 2013 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Rakomeryx raki
Frick 1937
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Kelly and Lander 1988 | ||||||
synonym of Rakomeryx sinclairi | |||||||
Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Brachycrus laticeps
(Douglass 1900)
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Kelly and Lander 1988 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon cf. ingens
Matthew 1924
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Hunt 1998 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Osbornodon fricki
Wang 1994
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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: | 15.97000 - 13.60000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Oreodont Tuff is "just above" quarry (Woodburne et al. 1999) and is dated at 15.8 +/- 0.09 Ma (Ar-Ar: MacFadden et al. 1990); Turbin Quarry is at the same level |
Metadata
Also known as: | Oreodon Quarry | ||
Database number: | 19472 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 00:34:39 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
6226. | X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
63541 | B. Gonzalez and D. L. Lofgren. 2013. Review of Megahippus and Hypohippus from the Middle Miocene Barstow Formation of California. In R. E. Reynolds (ed.), Raising Questions in the Central Mojave Desert 78-89 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
1977 | R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Amphicyonidae. 196-227 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
2070 | T. S. Kelly and E. B. Lander. 1988. Biostratigraphy and Correlation of Hemingfordian and Barstovian Land Mammal Assemblages, Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Area, California. In W. J. M. Bazeley (ed.), Tertiary Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Cuyama Basin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, California 1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |