Vedder (UCMP V-6761): Hemingfordian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Phyllostomidae
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? Phyllostomatidae indet.
Savage 1951
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| synonym of Phyllostomidae | ||||||||||
| a bat | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus carrizoensis
Dougherty 1940
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32 specimens | |||||||||
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= Parapliohippus carrizoensis
Dougherty 1940
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Munthe 1979 | |||||||||
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Archaeohippus sp.
Gidley 1906
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Munthe 1979 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Dromomerycinae indet.
(Frick 1937)
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= cf. Rakomeryx sp.
Frick 1937
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Janis and Manning 1998 | |||||||||
| Munthe 1979 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Protolabis sp.
Cope 1876
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Munthe 1979 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopoides sp.
Wilson 1960
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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cf. Limnoecus sp.
Stirton 1930
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Cuyamalagus dawsoni n. sp.
Hutchison and Lindsay 1974
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus apachensis
Gazin 1930
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Pronotolagus cf. apachensis
Gazin 1930
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Miospermophilus sp.
Black 1963
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Eomys aff. zitteli
Schlosser 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Leptodontomys sp.
Shotwell 1956
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Korth and Bailey 1992 | |||||||||
| replaces ID of Lindsay 1974 | ||||||||||
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Pseudotheridomys cuyamensis n. sp.
Lindsay 1974
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Lindsay 1974 | 62 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Proheteromys magnus
Wood 1932
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34 specimens | |||||||||
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= Harrymys magnus
Wood 1932
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Lindsay 1974 | |||||||||
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Proheteromys sulculus
Wilson 1960
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Lindsay 1974 | 79 specimens | ||||||||
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Perognathus sp.
Maximillian 1839
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31 specimens | |||||||||
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= Perognathinae indet.
Coues 1875
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Korth 1994 | |||||||||
| "Mookomys cf. altifluminus" (sic) of Lindsay 1974 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Santa Barbara |
| Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 119.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° North, 113.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Hemingfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 18.50000 - 16.30000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Branch Canyon |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 238 specimens |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
| Taxonomic list comments:unit is equivalent to the "lower" Caliente Fm. but exact correlation with San Luis Obispo and Ventura Co. sections is not clear; placed below the Lowest Triple Basalt at the level of CIT 315 by Tedford et al. 1987 on apparently strictly biochronological grounds generically determinate NISP 238 material of "Blackia sp." of Lindsay 1974 (NISP 2) could be Petauristodon: Skwara 1986 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19599 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-12-20 12:53:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1995. | J. H. Hutchison and E. H. Lindsay. 1974. The Hemingfordian mammal fauna of the Vedder Locality, Branch Canyon Formation, Santa Barbara, California. Part I. Insectivora, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, and Rodentia (Sciuridae). PaleoBios 15:1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 2014 | C. M. Janis and E. Manning. 1998. Dromomerycidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 477-490 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 2123 | W. W. Korth. 1994. The Tertiary Record of Rodents in North America 1-320 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 2144 | W. W. Korth and B. E. Bailey. 1992. Additional Specimens of Leptodontomys douglassi (Eomyidae, Rodentia) from the Arikareean (Late Oligocene) of Nebraska. Journal of Mammalogy 73(3):651-662 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 2244 | E. H. Lindsay. 1974. The Hemingfordian mammal fauna of the Vedder locality Branch Canyon Formation, Santa Barbara, California. Part II. Rodentia (Eomyidae and Heteromydiae). PaleoBios 16:1-20 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 2633 | J. Munthe. 1979. The Hemingfordian mammal fauna of the Vedder locality Branch Canyon Formation, Santa Barbara, California. Part III. Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla and summary. PaleoBios 29:1-22 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |