PBDB Collection

Pauba Formation (SBCM 05.006.378) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as General Kearney; SBCM 5.6.378

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

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pauba Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: A. F. Pajak, iii, E. Scott, and C. J. Bell. 1996. A review of the biostratigraphy of Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments in the Elsinore Fault Zone, Riverside County, California. PaleoBios 17(2-4):28-49 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 20454: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1999, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

• an incomplete version of this list is given by Pajak 1997
"Pauba Formation" list of Reynolds and Reynolds 1990b is largely repeated by this list and others except for their record of "Ammospermophilus sp."
NISP 361

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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae	Paramylodon harlani Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
Chiroptera -	Chiroptera indet. Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat a bat
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Mammuthus cf. hayi¹ Mammuthus cf. hayi¹ Barbour 1915 mammoth
Proboscidea - Mammutidae	Mammut pacificus² Mammut pacificus² Dooley et al. 2019 mastodon
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Mustela sp. Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis latrans Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
Carnivora - Felidae	Smilodon fatalis Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat probably the specimen from the City of Temecula described by Bowden and Scott 1992
Perissodactyla - Equidae	"Equus scotti" = Equus mexicanus¹ "Equus scotti" = Equus mexicanus¹ Hibbard 1955 horse
Perissodactyla - Tapiridae	Tapirus californicus Tapirus californicus Merriam 1912 tapir described by Pajak 1993
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	? Tayassuidae indet. ? Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Hemiauchenia sp.³, Camelops cf. hesternus³ Hemiauchenia sp.³ Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel Camelops cf. hesternus³ Leidy 1873 camel
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	cf. Odocoileus sp. cf. Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Capromeryx sp.³ Capromeryx sp.³ Matthew 1902 pronghorn presumably includes "cf. Antilocapra sp."
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Talpidae indet. Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Sorex sp. Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Sylvilagus sp. Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Rodentia - Cricetidae	? Peromyscus sp., Neotoma sp., Microtus californicus³ ? Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat Microtus californicus³ Peale 1848 California vole
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Sciuridae indet. Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Thomomys bottae Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher
Rodentia - Heteromyidae	Dipodomys sp., Perognathinae indet.¹ Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat large and small Perognathinae indet.¹ Coues 1875 rodent

¹Alroy 2002; ²Dooley et al. 2019; ³Pajak 1997