CIT 322: Miocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Parahippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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= Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Merychippus stevensi n. sp.
Dougherty 1940
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Luis Obispo |
| Coordinates: | 35.1° North, 120.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 115.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Calie | Local bed: | 3 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:322 is about 35 feet below 323 between the Upper and Middle Triple basalts |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19295 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1380. | J. F. Dougherty. 1940. A new Miocene mammalian fauna from Caliente Mountain, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 514(8):109-143 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |