Bautista Creek (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Riverside County, California (33.9° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 116.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: lower Member (San Timoteo Formation), Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. Frick. 1921. Extinct vertebrate faunas of the badlands of Bautista Creek and San Timoteo Canyon, southern California. University of California Publications in Geology 12(5):277-424 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20155: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• level in sections of Albright 1999b unclear
see also Reynolds and Reeder 1991
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Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
? Megalonyx sp.
? Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus scotti" = Equus mexicanus
"Equus scotti" = Equus mexicanus Hibbard 1955 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus merriami n. sp.
Tapirus merriami n. sp. Frick 1921 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
? Odocoileus sp.
? Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
? Antilocapra sp., ? Capromeryx sp.
? Antilocapra sp. Ord 1818 pronghorn
? Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
? Camelidae indet.
? Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp.
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare