Mint Canyon (CIT 97): Miocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus sp.
Leidy 1856
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JA pers. obs. 4.1.95: "Merychippus sp."; "?Nannippus sp." of Stirton 1933; damaged M3 | ||||||||||
= ? Nannippus sp.
Matthew 1926
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Stirton 1933 | |||||||||
CIT 18 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Los Angeles |
Coordinates: | 34.5° North, 118.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.8° North, 114.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Mint Canyon |
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 |
Taxonomic list comments:shown at the top of the Mint Canyon section by Whistler 1984, but not in area mapped by Jahns 1940 |
Metadata
Database number: | 19437 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-04-18 14:15:09 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2489. | J. H. Maxson. 1930. A Tertiary mammalian fauna from the Mint Canyon Formation of Southern California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 404(7):77-112 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
3229 | R. A. Stirton. 1933. Critical review of the Mint Canyon mammalian fauna and its correlative significance. American Journal of Science 226 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |