Remnant Hill: Clarendonian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion mohavense Merriam 1913
    = Hippotherium sp. Kaup 1832
Alroy 2002
"Hipparion mohavense callodonte":
Pliohippus spectans (Cope 1880)
    = Dinohippus ? spectans Cope 1880
Alroy 2002
Megahippus sp. McGrew 1938
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Merycodus cerroensis (Frick 1937)
    = Cosoryx cf. cerroensis Frick 1937
Alroy 2002
original and current combination Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis
Mammalia - Camelidae
Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858
    = Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
    = Borophaginae indet. Simpson 1945
Alroy 2002
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
    = Caninae indet. Gill 1872
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae
Actiocyon leardi n. gen., n. sp. Stock 1947
Stock 1947
recombined as Alopecocyon leardi
CIT 64 - James (1963) says Remnant Hill is "Probably equal in part to CIT 64..."
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Sthenictis sp. Peterson 1910
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus sp. Geoffroy 1803
    = Domninoides sp. Green 1956
Hutchison 1968
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Lanthanotherium sawini James 1963
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias cf. ateles (Hall 1930)
Sciuropterus mathewsi James 1963
    = Petauristodon mathewsi James 1963
Alroy 2002
Protospermophilus quatalensis (Gazin 1930)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Ventura
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 119.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.7° North, 115.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Clarendonian
Age range of interval:12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:NS Caliente
Local section:ApchC Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Probably equal in part to CIT 64 and UC V-3917"; but these are general collecting areas
types from "CIT 64": Perognathus furlongi Gazin 1930 Cupidinimus ("Perognathoides") cuyamensis Hypolagus tedfordi White 1988 Pronotolagus ("Hypolagus") apachensis Gazin 1930 Actiocyon leardi Stock 1948a: referred to Alopecocyon by Webb 1969b Alilepus sp. also present at CIT 64, see White 1991a
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V-5663; Nettle Spring Canyon; Apache Canyon 2
Database number:19515
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-12-20 13:08:20
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]
1989 J. H. Hutchison. 1968. Fossil Talpidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) from the Tertiary of Oregon. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 11:1-117 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
3283 C. Stock. 1947. A Peculiar New Carnivore From The Cuyama Miocene, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 46(2):84-89 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]