Vedder (USGS M1090): Hemingfordian - Barstovian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus carrizoensis
Dougherty 1940
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40 specimens | |||||||||
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= Parapliohippus carrizoensis
Dougherty 1940
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Archaeohippus sp.
Gidley 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Tayassuinae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Protolabis sp.
Cope 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus optatus
Matthew 1924
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Protomarctus cf. optatus
Matthew 1924
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| NOT confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Santa Barbara |
| Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 119.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° North, 114.2° 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: | Hemingfordian - Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 18.50000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Branch Canyon |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 43 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Taxonomic list comments:encompasses both UCMP V-6761 and V-69140 NISP 43 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19601 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-07-29 06:17:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2633. | J. Munthe. 1979. The Hemingfordian mammal fauna of the Vedder locality Branch Canyon Formation, Santa Barbara, California. Part III. Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla and summary. PaleoBios 29:1-22 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |