Inspiration Wash: Irvingtonian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus californicus
(Peale 1848)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus cf. californicus
Gray 1837
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Ovibos moschatus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus (Equus) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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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 |
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: | Ocotillo | Member: | upper Inspiration Wash |
| Local section: | Ocoti | Local bed: | 2 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:216 m thick unit at top of fm. list may include duplicate records from Borrego Badlands and/or Coyote Canyon |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20386 | ||
| 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:
| 2854. | P. Remeika. 1992. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 39(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |