Dove Spring (Middle): Clarendonian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Perognathus minutus
James 1963
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Cupidinimus sp.
Wood 1935
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Copemys dentalis
(Hall 1930)
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original and current combination Peromyscus dentalis | ||||||||||
Paronychomys sp.
Jacobs 1977
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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"Sorex" sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scapanus shultzi
Tedford 1961
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Peraceras superciliosum
(Cope 1880)
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
original and current combination Peraceras superciliosus | ||||||||||
"Dove Spring Formation, Ricardo Group" | ||||||||||
Teleoceras meridianum
(Leidy 1865)
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
"Dove Spring Formation, Ricardo Group" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion forcei
Richey 1948
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Cormohipparion occidentale
(Leidy 1856)
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Dinohippus cf. leardi
(Drescher 1941)
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Plioceros sp.
Frick 1937
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus californicus
(Merriam 1919)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Nimravidae
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Barbourofelis osborni
(Merriam 1919)
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synonym of Barbourofelis whitfordi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Martinogale sp.
Hall 1930
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Caninae indet.
Gill 1872
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Leptocyon vafer
(Leidy 1858)
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Osteoborus diabloensis
Richey 1938
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synonym of Borophagus littoralis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Serbelodon burnhami
Osborn 1933
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Kern |
Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 118.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 114.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 13.60000 - 10.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Dove Spring | ||
Local section: | DoveS | Local bed: | 5 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:basal Mbr. 6; lower "Paronychomys/O. diabloensis" zone ash at 1400 m, within this zone, dated at 8.5 +/- 0.13 Ma (KA); ash at 1420 m dated at 8.4 +/- 1.8 Ma (FT on zircon); more precise date should be used, and in fact is accepted by Perkins et al. 1998 |
Metadata
Database number: | 19323 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-12-20 13:08:20 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3627. | D. P. Whistler and D. W. Burbank. 1992. Miocene biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Dove Spring Formation, Mojave Desert, California, and characterization of the Clarendonian mammal age (late Miocene) in California. Geological Society America Bulletin 104(6):644-658 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |