Hedgehog Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-5656; Quatal Canyon South Side 2

Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 115.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MR Caliente Formation, Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. T. James. 1963. Paleontology and nonmarine stratigraphy of the Cuyama Valley badlands, California; Part 1, Geology, faunal interpretations, and systematic descriptions of Chiroptera, Insectivora, and Rodentia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 45:1-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19361: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• record of "Hesperocamelus" cf. alexandrae in Kelly 1992a is apparently a lapsus for the V-5666 specimen
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyonidae indet.1 Gray 1825 procyonid carnivore
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus tehonensis Merriam 1915 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.1 Gray 1821 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis1
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis1 Frick 1937 pronghorn
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Domninoides sp.2 Green 1956 mole
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Metechinus amplior3 Rich 1981 hedgehog
Lanthanotherium dehmi James 1963 hedgehog
Lanthanotherium sawini James 1963 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Protospermophilus quatalensis Gazin 1930 squirrel
Ammospermophilus fossilis James 1963 antelope squirrel
Tamias cf. ateles Hall 1930 chipmunk
Petauristodon mathewsi1 James 1963 squirrel
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus furlongi Gazin 1930 pocket mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Copemys russelli1 James 1963 mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.1 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit