Vallecito Creek (CU 53): Blancan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae
Nothrotheriops shastensis (Sinclair 1905)
original and current combination Nothrotherium shastense
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840
    = Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889
Alroy 2002
status unclear in light of MacDonald 1995
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
Sylvilagus hibbardi White 1984
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825
Sigmodon lindsayi Martin and Prince 1989
CU 53.8
Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922
    = Sigmodon medius Gidley 1922
Alroy 2002
synonym of Sigmodon minor
misinterpretation of Martin 1986, Martin and Prince 1989
Hodomys sp. Merriam 1894
"Neotoma (Hodomys) sp."
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 - Erethizontidae
Erethizon sp. Cuvier 1822
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Canis priscolatrans Cope 1899
    = Canis rufus Audubon and Bachman 1851
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon sp. Storr 1780
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Felinae indet. Trouessart 1885
Alroy 2002
Felis concolor Linnaeus 1771
    = Puma cf. concolor Linnaeus 1771
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Equus (Dolichohippus) sp. (Heller 1912)
synonym of Equus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus merriami Frick 1921
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Navahoceros sp. Kurten 1975
nomen nudum belonging to Odocoileus
said to be new
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scapanus malatinus Hutchison 1987
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:3445
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:20121
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-09-21 00:00:00 Last modified:2007-09-06 21:00:48
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]