Titus Canyon: Chadronian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Mammalia
- Agriochoeridae
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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| Alroy 2002 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Protitanops curryi n. sp.
Stock 1936
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| from CIT 253: see Stock 1936e | ||||||||||
| "Menodontine titanothere" | ||||||||||
| Alroy 2002 | ||||||||||
| described by Stock 1936e from CIT 255 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Aplodontidae indet.
Brandt 1855
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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? Paramyinae indet.
Simpson 1945
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Inyo |
| Coordinates: | 36.8° North, 117.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.2° North, 102.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Chadronian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37 - 33.9 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Titus Canyon |
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 |
| Taxonomic list comments:initially reported by Stock and Bode 1935 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | CIT 253, 254, 255, 256, 257 | ||
| Database number: | 17029 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3285. | C. Stock. 1949. Mammalian Fauna from Titus Canyon Formation, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 584:229-244 [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] |