Springfield Shaft Number 2: Late/Upper Miocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion mohavense
Merriam 1913
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| synonym of Cormohipparion occidentale | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Tuolumne |
| Coordinates: | 38.1° North, 119.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° North, 117.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gravel |
| Environment: | fluvial 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:both the Springfield Mine and the town of Columbia are in Tuolumne County | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19554 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-10-10 16:32:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2579. | J. C. Merriam and C. Stock. 1933. Tertiary mammals from the auriferous gravels near Columbia, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 440(1):1-6 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |