Arroyo Seco (CU 37): Blancan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Camelidae
Titanotylopus sp. Barbour and Schultz 1934
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Tetrameryx sp. Lull 1921
CU 37.8
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Pewelagus dawsonae White 1984
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Hodomys sp. Merriam 1894
"Neotoma (Hodomys) sp."
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880
    = Neotamias sp. Howell 1929
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817
    = Geomyidae indet. Bonaparte 1845
Alroy 2002
Geomys garbanii White and Downs 1961
    = Nerterogeomys garbanii White and Downs 1961
Alroy 2002
Geomys anzensis Becker and White 1981
    = Nerterogeomys anzensis Becker and White 1981
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
    = Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875
Alroy 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Diego
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 117.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.7° North, 116.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
*Local age/stage:Blancan
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Palm Spring Member:Diablo/Olla
Local section:FCVC Local bed:2400
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Blancan
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:20105
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-09-21 00:00:00 Last modified:2007-09-06 21:00:27
Access level:the public Released:1999-09-21 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1186. M. L. Cassiliano. 1999. Biostratigraphy of Blancan and Irvingtonian mammals in the Fish Creek-Vallecito Creek section, southern California, and a review of the Blancan-Irvingtonian boundary. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(1):169-186 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]