PBDB Collection

Vallecito Creek (CU 53) ( of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 116.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Huesos/Tapiado Member (Palm Spring Formation), Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

• said to be Blancan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. L. Cassiliano. 1999. Biostratigraphy of Blancan and Irvingtonian mammals in the Fish Creek-Vallecito Creek section, southern California, and a review of the Blancan-Irvingtonian boundary. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(1):169-186 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20121: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae	Mylodontidae indet. Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate
Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae	"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense "Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair 1905 Shasta ground sloth
Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae	Megalonyx sp. Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate
Carnivora - Felidae	Felinae indet., Puma cf. concolor Felinae indet. Trouessart 1885 cat Puma cf. concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma
Carnivora - Procyonidae	Procyon sp. Procyon sp. Storr 1780 raccoon
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis sp., Canis rufus Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine Canis rufus Audubon and Bachman 1851 red wolf
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Hemiauchenia sp., Camelops sp. Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Odocoileus sp., Navahoceros sp. Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer Navahoceros sp. Kurten 1975 New World deer said to be new
Perissodactyla - Tapiridae	Tapirus merriami Tapirus merriami Frick 1921 tapir
Perissodactyla - Equidae	"Equus sp." = Equus, "Equus (Dolichohippus) sp." = Equus "Equus sp." = Equus Linnaeus 1758 horse "Equus (Dolichohippus) sp." = Equus Linnaeus 1758 horse
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Scapanus malatinus Scapanus malatinus Hutchison 1987 mole
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Sylvilagus sp., Sylvilagus hibbardi Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit Sylvilagus hibbardi White 1984 cottontail rabbit
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Geomyidae indet., Nerterogeomys garbanii, Nerterogeomys anzensis Geomyidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 pocket gopher Nerterogeomys garbanii White and Downs 1961 pocket gopher Nerterogeomys anzensis Becker and White 1981 pocket gopher
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Erethizon sp. Erethizon sp. Cuvier 1822 North American porcupine
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Sigmodon sp., Sigmodon lindsayi, "Sigmodon medius" = Sigmodon minor, Hodomys sp. Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat Sigmodon lindsayi Martin and Prince 1989 cotton rat CU 53.8 "Sigmodon medius" = Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat Hodomys sp. Merriam 1894 mouse "Neotoma (Hodomys) sp."