Inspiration Wash (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 116.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: upper Inspiration Wash Member (Ocotillo Formation), Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: P. Remeika. 1992. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 39(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 20386: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• 216 m thick unit at top of fm.
list may include duplicate records from Borrego Badlands and/or Coyote Canyon
list may include duplicate records from Borrego Badlands and/or Coyote Canyon
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Mammalia | |
Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
Lepus cf. californicus Gray 1837 black-tailed jackrabbit | |
Microtus californicus Peale 1848 California vole | |
Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann 1780 muskox | |
Equus (Equus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse |