Alvord Mountain (RV-6621) (Miocene of the United States)
Where: San Bernardino County, California (34.8° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 112.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Barstow Formation), Early/Lower Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• said to be early Barstovian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: T. S. Kelly. 1992. New Middle Miocene Camels from the Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Badlands, California. PaleoBios 13(52):1-22 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 19138: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• said to be "below the Middle Tuffaceous Member of Byers (1960)" but position relative to CIT localities is not clear
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Mammalia | |
Paramiolabis cf. tenuis Matthew 1924 camel | |
Acritohippus stylodontus Merriam 1919 horse |