Emery Borrow Pit: Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Osteichthyes indet.
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Jefferson 1991 | |||||||||
3 unidentified taxa | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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= Mammut pacificus
Dooley et al. 2019
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Dooley et al. 2019 | |||||||||
not specifically mentioned by Dooley et al. (2019), but they state all M. americanum from California are M. pacificus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus cf. imperator
(Leidy 1858)
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synonym of Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx sp.
Harlan 1825
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus cf. occidentalis
Leidy 1865
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synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus merriami
Frick 1921
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Odocoileus hemionus
(Rafinesque 1817)
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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? Antilocapra sp.
Ord 1818
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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"? Bootherium sp. or Bison sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Palaeolama aff. mirifica
(Simpson 1929)
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Camelops hesternus
(Leidy 1873)
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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cf. Tayassuidae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Lynx sp.
Kerr 1792
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Mephitis sp.
Cuvier 1800
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Bassariscus cf. astutus
(Lichtenstein 1830)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis cf. latrans
Say 1823
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cf. Urocyon sp.
Baird 1857
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scapanus cf. latimanus
(Bachman 1842)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus bachmani
(Waterhouse 1839)
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus beecheyi
(Richardson 1823)
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recombined as Otospermophilus beecheyi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Thomomys bottae
(Eydoux and Gervais 1836)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Microtus californicus
(Peale 1848)
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Neotoma lepida
Thomas 1893
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Sigmodon sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo nestor
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Jefferson 1991 | |||||||||
Bufo boreas
Baird and Girard 1852
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Jefferson 1991 | |||||||||
recombined as Anaxyrus boreas | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Gila orcuttii
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Jefferson 1991 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Orange |
Coordinates: | 33.6° North, 117.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.5° North, 117.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean | ||
Age range of interval: | 1.40000 - 0.01400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | La Habra |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | LACM |
Taxonomic list comments:"? late Irvingtonian through Rancholabrean" |
Metadata
Also known as: | LACM 3536, 3537, 4178, 7053, 7054, 7088, 7089; RCIC 47 | ||
Database number: | 20323 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-06-07 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-03-29 07:56:28 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-06-07 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2018. | G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary Vertebrates from California: Part Two, Mammals. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 7:1-129 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd] |
Secondary references:
35474 | A. C. Dooley, E. Scott, J. Green, K. B. Springer, B. S. Booley and G. J. Smith. 2019. Mammut pacificus sp. nov., a newly recognized species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America. PeerJ 7:e6614 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
76348 | G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary vertebrates from California: Part One, nonmarine lower vertebrate and avian taxa. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 5:1-60 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |