Inspiration Wash (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

When: upper Inspiration Wash Member (Ocotillo Formation), Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: P. Remeika. 1992. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 39(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20386: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• 216 m thick unit at top of fm.
list may include duplicate records from Borrego Badlands and/or Coyote Canyon
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus californicus
Microtus californicus Peale 1848 California vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus cf. californicus
Lepus cf. californicus Gray 1837 black-tailed jackrabbit
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Ovibos moschatus
Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann 1780 muskox
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus (Equus) sp.
Equus (Equus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi
Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth