Yermo: Barstovian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus carrizoensis
Dougherty 1940
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recombined as Parapliohippus carrizoensis | ||||||||||
Merychippus stylodontus
(Merriam 1919)
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original and current combination Merychippus calamarius stylodontus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Hesperhys vagrans
Douglass 1903
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Prothero 2015 | |||||||||
from "Quarry 5 mi east of Yermo" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Rakomeryx yermonensis n. sp.
Frick 1937
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synonym of Rakomeryx sinclairi | ||||||||||
from "quarry 5 mi. E of Yermo": Frick 1937 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Ramoceros (Merriamoceros) coronatus
(Merriam 1913)
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Frick 1937 | |||||||||
recombined as Merriamoceros coronatus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon cf. ingens
Matthew 1924
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Osbornodon fricki
Wang 1994
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Wang 1994 | |||||||||
Yermo Quarry, 5 mi E of Yermo and 1 mi NE of the Toomey railroad station | ||||||||||
Cynarctoides acridens
(Barbour and Cook 1914)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Yermo Quarry | ||||||||||
Microtomarctus conferta
(Matthew 1918)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Tomarctus hippophaga
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Yermo Quarry | ||||||||||
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 |
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 |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Barstow |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:all taxa from "10 m below" the highest local occurrence of P. carrizoensis |
Metadata
Database number: | 19616 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3759. | M. O. Woodburne, S. T. Miller, and R. H. Tedford. 1982. Stratigraphy and geochronology of Miocene strata in the central Mojave Desert, California. Geologic excursions in the California deserts and adjacent transverse ranges: fieldtrip guidebook and volume prepared for the joint meeting of the Cordilleran Section--GSA and Pacific Section--AAPG, April 9-11, 2001, Universal City, California : fieldtrips 1-4 47-64 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
6222 | C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
61396 | D. R. Prothero. 2015. Evolution of the Early Miocene Hesperhyine Peccaries. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 67:235-255 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
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] | |
3558 | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |