LACM 1114 Rodent Hill (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as IVCM loc. 15

Where: San Diego County, California (32.4° N, 116.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 115.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Palm Springs Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• Huesos "Member", T. Downs "zone" 57.6; reported as Irvingtonian I of Repenning (1980, 1985), Matuyama Epoch

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone

• From about a foot thick whitish-gray greenish, semi-consolidated, micaceous, unstratified silt or mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: J. H. Hutchison. 1987. Moles of the Scapanus latimanus group (Talpidae, Insectivora) from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 386:1-15 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/W. Gearty]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 225557: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 16.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scapanus malatinus n. sp.
Scapanus malatinus n. sp. Hutchison 1987 mole