Sharktooth Hill (terrestrial mammals): Barstovian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Merychippus brevidontus
Bode 1935
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= "Mercyhippus" brevidontus
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Miomastodon sp.
Osborn 1922
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= Zygolophodon sp.
Vacek 1877
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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= Miomastodon sp.
Osborn 1922
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| synonym of Zygolophodon | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Brachypsalis obliquidens
Sinclair 1915
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Pliocyon medius
Matthew 1918
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Aelurodon sp.
Leidy 1858
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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cf. Paratomarctus temerarius
(Leidy 1858)
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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cf. Pseudaelurus intrepidus
(Leidy 1858)
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Anchitherium sp.
von Meyer 1844
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= Anchitheriinae indet.
Leidy 1869
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Anchitheridae | ||||||||||
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Hypohippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Anchitherium (Hypohippus) | ||||||||||
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Parahippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Anchitherium (Parahippus) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras mediocronutum
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Aphelops megalodus
(Cope 1873)
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapiridae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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| original and current combination Taperidae | ||||||||||
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Miotapirus sp.
Schlaikjer 1937
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Miolabinae indet.
Hay 1902
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Aepycamelinae indet.
Webb 1965
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Camelidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Prosynthetoceras sp.
(Frick 1937)
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= Synthetoceratinae indet.
Frick 1937
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| possibly sensu Patton and Taylor 1971 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Bouromeryx milleri
(Frick 1937)
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= Bouromeryx americanus
Douglass 1899
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Liter and Prothero 2003 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Kern |
| Coordinates: | 35.5° North, 118.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 113.7° 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 | Mammal zone: | Ba1 |
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Temblor | Member: | Round Mountain |
| Local section: | Tembl | Local bed: | 3 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19542 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-05-28 18:42:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6198. | R. H. Tedford, T. Galusha, M. F. Skinner, B. E. Taylor, R. W. Fields, J. R. Macdonald, J. M. Rensberger, S. D. Webb, and D. P. Whistler. 1987. Faunal succession and biochronology of the Arikareean through Hemphillian interval (late Oligocene through earliest Pliocene epochs) in North America. In M. O. Woodburne (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Geochronology and Biostratigraphy 153-210 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 33296 | D. R. Prothero, M. R. Liter, L. G. Barnes, X. Wang, E. Mitchell, S. McLeod, D. P. Whistler, R. H. Tedford, and C. Ray. 2008. Land mammals from the middle Miocene Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, Kern County, California. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 44:299-314 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 33297 | N. D. Pyenson, R. B. Irmis, J. H. Lipps, L. G. Barnes, E. D. Mitchell and S. A. McLeod. 2009. Origin of a widespread marine bonebed deposited during the middle Miocene Climatic Optimum. Geology 37:519-522 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |