Hidden Treasure Spring: Hemingfordian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merycoidodontidae indet.
Cook 1912
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Ticholeptus calimontanus
(Dougherty 1940)
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Chalicotheriidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Prothero et al. 2008 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Parahippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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Prothero et al. 2008 | ||||||
| original and current combination Anchitherium (Parahippus) | |||||||
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Merychippus carrizoensis
Dougherty 1940
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| recombined as Parapliohippus carrizoensis | |||||||
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Acritohippus cf. tertius
(Osborn 1918)
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Prothero et al. 2008 | ||||||
| original and current combination Merychippus isonesus tertius | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus cf. vetus
(Kellogg 1910)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Ventura |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 119.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 113.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Hemingfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 18.50000 - 16.30000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V-5676; Dry Canyon | ||
| Database number: | 19367 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-05-28 18:20:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2012. | G. T. James. 1963. Paleontology and nonmarine stratigraphy of the Cuyama Valley badlands, California; Part 1, Geology, faunal interpretations, and systematic descriptions of Chiroptera, Insectivora, and Rodentia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 45:1-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 2070 | T. S. Kelly and E. B. Lander. 1988. Biostratigraphy and Correlation of Hemingfordian and Barstovian Land Mammal Assemblages, Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Area, California. In W. J. M. Bazeley (ed.), Tertiary Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Cuyama Basin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, California 1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 53351 | D. R. Prothero, T. S. Kelly, K. J. McCardell and E. L. Wilson. 2008. Magnetostratigraphy, Biostratigraphy, and Tectonic Rotation of the Miocene Caliente Formation, Ventura County, California. In S. G. Lucas (ed.), Neogene Mammals 44:255-272 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |