Radec ( of the United States)

Also known as LACM 1657; Radec A

Where: Riverside County, California (33.9° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 116.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Temecula Arkose Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

• said to be late Blancan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: D. J. Golz, G. T. Jefferson, and M. P. Kennedy. 1977. Late Pliocene vertebrate fossils from the Elsinore fault zone, California. Journal of Paleontology 51(4):864-866 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 19714: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

• said to be late Blancan by Golz et al. but early Blancan by Hutchison 1987a; fauna may be mixed according to Pajak et al. 1996
Neotoma ("Pareneotoma") sawrockensis of Repenning and May 1986 from USGS M-1451 is from lower in the section than other material of Golz et al. 1977: Pajak et al. 1996
said to be "10-20 m lower in the section" than Pechanga and Vail Lake
Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp.1 Harlan 1825 edentate
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
? Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
Lamini indet. Webb 1965 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Tetrameryx sp. Lull 1921 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Taxidea sp. Waterhouse 1839 badger
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.2 Gray 1821 cat
? Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canini indet.2 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canine
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scapanus sp.3 Pomel 1848 mole
possibly a new species
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus vetus5 Kellogg 1910 rabbit
Hypolagus edensis4 Frick 1921 rabbit
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathinae indet.2 Coues 1875 rodent
cf. Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetinae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
small
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
confirmed by Czaplewski 1987
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel