Coso Mountains (CIT 284) ( of the United States)

Where: Inyo County, California (36.1° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 117.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. R. Schultz. 1937. A Late Cenozoic Vertebrate Fauna From the Coso Mountains, Inyo County, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 487(3):77-109 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 19665: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
? Mammut cosoensis Schultz 1937 mastodon
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens
"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
? Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophagus diversidens Cope 1892 bone-crushing dog