Elk Hills ( of the United States)

Where: Kern County, California (35.3° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 117.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Tulare Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

• said to be Blancan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: W. P. Woodring, P. V. Roundy, and H. R. Farnsworth. 1932. Geology and oil resources of the Elk Hills, California, including Naval Petroleum Reserve No.1. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 835:1-82 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 19709: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

• all but one of Woodring's specimens are from one locality
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus hibbardi3 White 1984 cottontail rabbit
presumably includes "Lepus"
Hypolagus edensis2 Frick 1921 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
from Woodring et al.'s second locality
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
"Procamelus?"