LC 202 ( of the United States)

Also known as FTC/Oso; LC 205

Where: Orange County, California (33.6° N, 117.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 109.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sespe Formation, late Late Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. P. Whistler and E. B. Lander. 2003. New Late Uintan to Early Hemingfordian Land Mammal Assemblages from the Undifferentiated Sespe and Vaqueros Formations, Orange County, and from the Sespe and Equivalent Marine Formations in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, Southern California. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:231-268 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 167853: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 04.04.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Phlaocyon taylori Hayes 2000 bone-crushing dog
Leptocyon vulpinus Matthew 1907 canine
 Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Nanotragulus ? ordinatus Matthew 1907 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Michenia agatensis Frick and Taylor 1971 camel
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
? Gripholagomys sp. Green 1972 pika
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Leidymys nematodon Cope 1879 mouse
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Schizodontomys sp. Rensberger 1973 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
? Petauristodon sp. Engesser 1979 squirrel
Miospermophilus sp. Black 1963 squirrel
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Herpetotherium sp. Cope 1873 marsupial