Black Butte Mine ( of the United States)

Also known as RV-6610, 7217

Where: San Bernardino County, California (34.8° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 109.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hector Formation, Harrisonian (24.8 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. O. Woodburne, R. H. Tedford, M. S. Stevens and B. E. Taylor. 1974. Early Miocene Mammalian Faunas, Mojave Desert, California. Journal of Paleontology 48(1):6-26 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17760: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• KA date of 21.55 (21.0 uncorrected) +/- 1.1 Ma for tuff within the fossiliferous unit
list repeated without updates by Woodburne 1998
underlies Logan Mine
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus minimus Peterson 1907 oreodont
RV-6610, 7217
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Stenomylus cf. hitchcocki Loomis 1910 camel
RV-6610