Vallecito Creek (CU 55): Irvingtonian, 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 - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Trigonictis macrodon (Cope 1868)
see Anderson 1984
Mustela frenata Lichtenstein 1831
recombined as Neogale frenata
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Equus (Dolichohippus) sp. (Heller 1912)
synonym of Equus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Cope 1893)
Titanotylopus sp. Barbour and Schultz 1934
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Cervidae
Navahoceros sp. Kurten 1975
nomen nudum belonging to Odocoileus
said to be new
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scapanus malatinus Hutchison 1987
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
CU 55.0
Lepus callotis Wagler 1830
CU 55.4
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
Sylvilagus hibbardi White 1984
Pewelagus dawsonae White 1984
CU 55.5
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825
Sigmodon lindsayi Martin and Prince 1989
CU 55.5
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
Microdipodops sp. Merriam 1891
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
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841
Dipodomys compactus True 1889
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:32.9° North, 116.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Local age/stage:Irvingtonian
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Palm Spring Member:Huesos/Tapiado
Local section:FCVC Local bed:3572
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Irvingtonian
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:20123
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-09-21 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-07-15 19:06:07
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]