Vallecito Creek (CU 52): Blancan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Glossotherium sp.
Owen 1840
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= Mylodontidae indet.
Ameghino 1889
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| status unclear in light of MacDonald 1995 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Nothrotheriidae
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Nothrotheriops shastensis
(Sinclair 1905)
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| original and current combination Nothrotherium shastense | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis concolor
Linnaeus 1771
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= Puma cf. concolor
Linnaeus 1771
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Felis lacustris
Gazin 1933
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= Puma lacustris
Gazin 1933
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Arctodus cf. simus
(Cope 1879)
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| CU 52.7 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Bassariscus casei
Hibbard 1952
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis latrans
Say 1823
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Canis priscolatrans
Cope 1899
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= Canis rufus
Audubon and Bachman 1851
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Titanotylopus sp.
Barbour and Schultz 1934
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus sp.
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Capromeryx sp.
Matthew 1902
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Equus (Equus) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Equus (Dolichohippus) sp.
(Heller 1912)
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| synonym of Equus | ||||||||||
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Equus simplicidens
Cope 1892
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| recombined as Plesippus simplicidens | ||||||||||
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Hippidion sp.
Owen 1869
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Pewelagus dawsonae
White 1984
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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Sylvilagus hibbardi
White 1984
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Dipodomys sp.
Gray 1841
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Dipodomys sp.
Gray 1841
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Perognathus sp.
Maximillian 1839
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= Perognathinae indet.
Coues 1875
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys sp.
Rafinesque 1817
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= Geomyidae indet.
Bonaparte 1845
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Thomomys sp.
Wied-Neuwied 1839
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Geomys garbanii
White and Downs 1961
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= Nerterogeomys garbanii
White and Downs 1961
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Geomys anzensis
Becker and White 1981
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= Nerterogeomys anzensis
Becker and White 1981
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon stirtoni
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= Erethizon bathygnathum
Wilson 1935
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Sigmodon sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Sigmodon minor
Gidley 1922
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= Sigmodon medius
Gidley 1922
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| synonym of Sigmodon minor | ||||||||||
| misinterpretation of Martin 1986, Martin and Prince 1989 | ||||||||||
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Calomys (Bensonomys) sp.
(Gazin 1942)
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= Bensonomys sp.
Gazin 1942
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Hodomys sp.
Merriam 1894
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| "Neotoma (Hodomys) sp." | ||||||||||
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Mictomys anzensis
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= Mictomys vetus
Wilson 1933
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| 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: | Huesos/Tapiado | ||
| Local section: | FCVC | Local bed: | 3382 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: said to be Blancan | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20120 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-07-15 19:06:34 |
| 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] |