Vallecito Creek (CU 62) (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 20130: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
 Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon gracilis Cope 1880 saber-toothed cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus sp." = Equus, "Equus (Equus) sp." = Equus, "Equus (Dolichohippus) sp." = Equus, Equus enormis
"Equus sp." = Equus Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Equus (Equus) sp." = Equus Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Equus (Dolichohippus) sp." = Equus Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus enormis Downs and Miller 1994 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Hodomys sp. Merriam 1894 mouse
"Neotoma (Hodomys) sp."
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomyidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 pocket gopher
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher