Sunset Quarry: Barstovian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Acritohippus stylodontus (Merriam 1919)
Mihlbachler et al. 2011
original and current combination Merychippus calamarius stylodontus
Supplemental Table S1
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops megalodus (Cope 1873)
Prothero 2005
"Sunset Wash"
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Brachycrus laticeps (Douglass 1900)
"Brachycrus laticeps laticeps":
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:16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Barstow Member:Middle
Local section:Barst Local bed:3
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Taxonomic list comments:see also Woodburne et al. 1990
Metadata
Database number:19567
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 01:08:17
Access level:the public Released:2000-05-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

61275 M. C. Mihlbachler, F. Rivals, N. Solounias and G. M. Semprebon. 2011. Dietary Change and Evolution of Horses in North America. Science 331:1178-1181 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
51726 D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]