Dove Spring (Upper): Clarendonian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Osteoborus diabloensis
Richey 1938
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= Borophagus littoralis
VanderHoof 1931
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Caninae indet.
Gill 1872
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Dinohippus cf. leardi
(Drescher 1941)
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Plioceros sp.
Frick 1937
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Ilingoceros sp.
Merriam 1909
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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"Sorex" sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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"Repomys" sp.
May 1981
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Paronychomys sp.
Jacobs 1977
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Perognathus minutus
James 1963
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Cupidinimus sp.
Wood 1935
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Kern |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 118.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 114.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Dove Spring | ||
| Local section: | DoveS | Local bed: | 6 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:middle and upper Mbr. 6; upper "Paronychomys/O. diabloensis" zone |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19324 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-12-20 13:08:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3627. | D. P. Whistler and D. W. Burbank. 1992. Miocene biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Dove Spring Formation, Mojave Desert, California, and characterization of the Clarendonian mammal age (late Miocene) in California. Geological Society America Bulletin 104(6):644-658 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |