Rodent Hill (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-2301

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: Upper Member (Barstow Formation), Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: E. H. Lindsay. 1972. Small mammal fossils from the Barstow Formation, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 93:1-104 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 19522: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• all material of Hall 1930c comes from this locality
NISP 364
"C. longidens zone"
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias ateles n. sp. Hall 1930 chipmunk
of Hall 1930c
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Phelosaccomys sp.3, "Proheteromys lophatus" = Mojavemys lophatus1
Phelosaccomys sp.3 Korth and Reynolds 1994 pocket gopher
"Proheteromys lophatus" = Mojavemys lophatus1 Lindsay 1972 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus furlongi Gazin 1930 pocket mouse
Perognathus minutus James 1963 pocket mouse
Cupidinimus halli1 Wood 1936 rodent
Cupidinimus lindsayi2 Barnosky 1986 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Copemys russelli James 1963 mouse
Copemys longidens n. sp. Hall 1930 mouse
of Hall 1930c
Copemys barstowensis n. sp. Lindsay 1972 mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus fontinalis6 Dawson 1958 rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Limnoecus tricuspis n. sp. Stirton 1930 shrew
see Stirton 1930
 Placentalia -
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
a bat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
""Merychippus" intermontanus" = Scaphohippus intermontanus4
""Merychippus" intermontanus" = Scaphohippus intermontanus4 Merriam 1915 horse
also at Greer Quarry, Robbins Quarry (level not stated)
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyonidae indet. Gray 1825 procyonid carnivore
"Bassariscus": Hall 1930a; compared to both Probassariscus antiquus and Bassariscus sumichrasti
 Carnivora - Canidae
Paratomarctus temerarius5 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog