Miraflores: Blancan, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Rhynchotherium cf. falconeri
Osborn 1923
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= Rhynchotherium falconeri
Osborn 1923
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Wang et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx sp.
Harlan 1825
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus simplicidens
Cope 1892
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| recombined as Plesippus simplicidens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenopteridae indet.
Gray 1864
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Avecilla-Guadarrama 1980 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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Wang et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Felis cf. studeri
Savage 1960
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Wang et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| recombined as Miracinonyx studeri | ||||||||||
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Felis lacustris
Gazin 1933
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Wang et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| recombined as Puma lacustris | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Buisnictis metabatos n. sp.
Wang et al. 2014
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Wang et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| locality BCSM 41, El Zorrillo, about 4 km east of Miraflores | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Borophagus diversidens
Cope 1892
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Wang et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus ? vetus
(Kellogg 1910)
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= Hypolagus vetus
Kellogg 1910
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Wang et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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| multiple forms | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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? Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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= cf. Ammospermophilus sp.
Merriam 1892
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Wang et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Baja California Sur |
| Coordinates: | 23.4° North, 109.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.3° North, 108.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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
| Stratigraphy comments: said to be Blancan |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:first mentioned by Carranza et al. 1998 list summarizes "several sites" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20075 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-06-22 15:07:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-09-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1180. | O. Carranza-Castaneda and W. E. Miller. 1999. A new Pliocene terrestrial vertebrate locality from southern baja California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):36A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 15591 | C. Avecilla-Guadarrama. 1980. Localidades fosiliferas con Cetaceos en el Neogeno da Baja California, Mexico. Actas II Congresso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia y I Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontologia. Buenos Aires. II:335-339 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 57025 | X. Wang, O. Carranza-Castaneda, and J. J. Aranda-Gomez. 2014. A transitional skunk, Buisnictis metabatos sp nov (Mephitidae, Carnivora), from Baja California Sur and the role of southern refugia in skunk evolution. Journal Of Systematic Palaeontology 12(3):291-302 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |