California Oaks (SBCM 5.6.155): Irvingtonian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx wheatleyi Cope 1871
Pajak, iii et al. 1996
    = Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus bautistensis Frick 1921
Pajak, iii et al. 1996
    = Equus scotti Gidley 1900
Alroy 2002
synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Pajak, iii et al. 1996
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapra sp. Ord 1818
Pajak, iii et al. 1996
Antilocapridae indet., in part
? Tetrameryx sp. Lull 1921
Pajak, iii et al. 1996
Antilocapridae indet., in part
Mammalia - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Pajak, iii et al. 1996
    = Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope 1893
nomen dubium belonging to Platygonus
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela cf. frenata Lichtenstein 1831
Pajak, iii et al. 1996
    = Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. latrans Say 1823
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
    = Archaeolaginae indet.
Alroy 2002
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825
Pajak, iii et al. 1996
    = Spermophilus aff. beecheyi Richardson 1823
Alroy 2002
recombined as Otospermophilus beecheyi
Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880
    = cf. Neotamias sp. Howell 1929
Alroy 2002
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Prodipodomys sp. Hibbard 1939
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875
said to be "Perognathus sp." by Pajak et al. 1996 DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Pajak, iii et al. 1996
    = Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836
Alroy 2002
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817
Pajak, iii et al. 1996
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Coendou sp. Lacépède 1799
Pajak, iii et al. 1996
    = Erethizon sp. Cuvier 1822
Alroy 2002
"C. cascoensis"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys (Ophiomys) parvus Wilson 1933
Pajak, iii et al. 1996
    = Ophiomys parvus Wilson 1933
Alroy 2002
"Clethrionomys sp."
Neotoma (Neotoma) sp. Say and Ord 1825
actually subgenus Paraneotoma according to Pajak et al. 1996 DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825
large DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Riverside
Coordinates: 33.9° North, 117.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.9° North, 116.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:"unnamed sandstone"
Local section:Temec Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:242 specimens
Taxonomic list comments:NISP 242: Pajak et al. 1996
"Peromyscus sp." is omitted by Pajak et al. 1996
Metadata
Also known as:SBCM 05.006.155
DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894
Database number:20187
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2893. R. E. Reynolds, R. L. Reynolds, and A. F. Pajak, III. 1991. Blancan, Irvingtonian, and Rancholabrean(?) land mammal age faunas from western Riverside County, California. In R.E. Reynolds, D.P. Whistler (eds.), San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 38(3-4):37-40 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
2725 A. F. Pajak, iii, E. Scott, and C. J. Bell. 1996. A review of the biostratigraphy of Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments in the Elsinore Fault Zone, Riverside County, California. PaleoBios 17(2-4):28-49 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]