Iron Canyon (Lower): Clarendonian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Parapliosaccomys sp.
Shotwell 1967
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= Geomyidae indet.
Bonaparte 1845
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Perognathus minutus
James 1963
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Cupidinimus tertius
(Hall 1930)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Copemys russelli
(James 1963)
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Copemys cf. longidens
(Hall 1930)
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceidae indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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"A" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Limnoecus sp.
Stirton 1930
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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? Peraceras sp.
Cope 1880
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Stock and Furlong 1926 | |||||||||
Last Chance Gulch, same level as type of I. mohavensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Megahippus matthewi
(Barbour 1914)
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Pliohippus tantalus
(Merriam 1913)
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original and current combination Protohippus tantalus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Paracosoryx furlongi
(Frick 1937)
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus cf. profectus
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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synonym of Ustatochoerus major | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Hadrocyon mohavensis n. gen., n. sp.
Stock and Furlong 1926
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Stock and Furlong 1926 | |||||||||
synonym of Ischyrocyon gidleyi | ||||||||||
includes type of Stock and Furlong 1926 from Last Chance Gulch | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Epicyon saevus
(Leidy 1858)
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confirmed by Wang et al. 1999: localities at this and higher levels include LACM 1414, 1553, 3458, 4696, 4790, and 5713 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Trilophodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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= ? Gomphotherium sp.
Burmeister 1837
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Stock 1928 | |||||||||
Last Chance Canon "not far below" the petrified tree level | ||||||||||
see common names |
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 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 13.60000 - 10.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Dove Spring | ||
Local section: | DoveS | Local bed: | 1 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:Mbr. 2 and lower part of Mbr. 3; = "U. profectus/ C. russelli" zone based on Perkins et al. 1998, this interval includes the Ibex Hollow ash, dated at 11.93 +/- 0.03 Ma (Ar/Ar) Iron Canyon, level unclear: Aphelops sp. Stock and Furlong 1926 from "below the lavas in the region of Scenic Canon" petrified tree horizon is 25' below "Hadrocyon mohavensis" locality: Stock and Furlong 1926 |
Metadata
Database number: | 19383 | ||
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] | |
3247 | C. Stock. 1928. Canid and proboscidean remains from the Ricardo deposits, Mohave Desert, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 393(5):39-48 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
3290 | C. Stock and E. L. Furlong. 1926. New canid and rhinocerotid remains from the Ricardo Pliocene of the Mohave Desert, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(2):43-60 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |