Elk Hills: Blancan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus hibbardi
White 1984
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White 1991 | |||||||||
| presumably includes "Lepus" | ||||||||||
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Hypolagus edensis
Frick 1921
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White 1988 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Sigmodon sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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| from Woodring et al.'s second locality | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Plesippus sp.
Matthew 1924
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= Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Taylor 1966 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| "Procamelus?" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Kern |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 118.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 117.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene | *Local age/stage: | Blancan |
| Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tulare | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: said to be Blancan |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:all but one of Woodring's specimens are from one locality |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19709 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3767. | W. P. Woodring, P. V. Roundy, and H. R. Farnsworth. 1932. Geology and oil resources of the Elk Hills, California, including Naval Petroleum Reserve No.1. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 835:1-82 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 3372 | D. W. Taylor. 1966. Summary Of North American Blancan nonmarine mollusks. Malacologia 4(1):1-172 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 3632 | J. A. White. 1988. The Archaeolaginae (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) of North America, Excluding Archaeolagus and Panolax. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):425-450 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 3633 | J. A. White. 1991. North American Leporinae (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) from late Miocene (Clarendonian) to latest Pliocene (Blancan). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(1):67-89 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |