Quatal Canyon South Side 3 (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-5657; CIT 48 in part

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

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MR Caliente Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 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 19489: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium sp.
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Petauristodon jamesi2, Protospermophilus quatalensis n. sp.
Petauristodon jamesi2 Lindsay 1972 squirrel
Protospermophilus quatalensis n. sp. Gazin 1930 squirrel
from CIT 48: see Gazin 1930
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.1
Leporidae indet.1 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus sp.
Pseudaelurus sp. Leidy 1858 cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophaginae indet.1
Borophaginae indet.1 Simpson 1945 bone-crushing dog
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.1
Camelidae indet.1 Gray 1821 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis1
"Cosoryx cf. cerroensis" = Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis1 Frick 1937 pronghorn
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus tehonensis
Pliohippus tehonensis Merriam 1915 horse
this is clearly the figured specimen of "Merychippus sumani" from CIT 48 of Gazin 1930
1Alroy 2002; 2Lindsay 1972