Vallecito Creek (CU 59) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 116.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Huesos/Tapiado Member (Palm Spring Formation), Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• said to be Irvingtonian

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 20127: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani2
Paramylodon harlani2 Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp., Sylvilagus hibbardi
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Sylvilagus hibbardi White 1984 cottontail rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Hodomys sp.
Hodomys sp. Merriam 1894 mouse
"Neotoma (Hodomys) sp."
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomyidae indet.1, Nerterogeomys garbanii1, Nerterogeomys anzensis1, Thomomys sp.
Geomyidae indet.1 Bonaparte 1845 pocket gopher
Nerterogeomys garbanii1 White and Downs 1961 pocket gopher
Nerterogeomys anzensis1 Becker and White 1981 pocket gopher
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Dipodomys sp., Dipodomys compactus
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
Dipodomys compactus True 1889 Gulf Coast kangaroo rat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis latrans
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
 Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon gracilis, Felinae indet.1
Smilodon gracilis Cope 1880 saber-toothed cat
Felinae indet.1 Trouessart 1885 cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens, "Equus sp." = Equus, "Equus (Dolichohippus) sp." = Equus
"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse
"Equus sp." = Equus Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Equus (Dolichohippus) sp." = Equus Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp.
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx sp.
Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Euceratherium sp.
Euceratherium sp. Furlong and Sinclair 1904 shrub-ox
CU 59.9
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp., Hemiauchenia sp.
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scapanus sp., Scapanus malatinus
Scapanus sp. Pomel 1848 mole
Scapanus malatinus Hutchison 1987 mole
1Alroy 2002; 2McDonald 1995