Diamond Valley Lake West Dam: Rancholabrean, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scapanus sp.
Pomel 1848
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Urocyon sp.
Baird 1857
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Dipodomys sp.
Gray 1841
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Thomomys sp.
Wied-Neuwied 1839
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut sp.
Blumenbach 1799
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Mammut pacificus n. sp.
Dooley et al. 2019
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubridae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Reptilia
- Odontophoridae
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Callipepla sp.
Wagler 1832
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Riverside |
| Coordinates: | 33.7° North, 117.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.7° North, 117.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Rancholabrean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.21000 - 0.01400 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 16.79 ± 0.28 to 15.87 ± 0.19 Ka (14C (calibrated)) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Radiocarbon dating of charred organic material associated with holotype specimen WSC 18743 yielded six calibrated 14C ages that range from
15.87 ± 0.19 to 16.79 ± 0.28 ka (Springer et al., 2009, 2010). |
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: | 95Q10-16.1, 99KK6-11.5, 98CL11-4.1A, 93Q11-18.2, 93Q12-17.1, 98CS8-8.1, 95JB5-10.1, 98CL8-5.1A, 98JAS2-3. | ||
| Database number: | 200313 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-03-28 10:26:00 | Last modified: | 2019-03-28 10:37:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-03-28 10:26:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35474. | A. C. Dooley, E. Scott, J. Green, K. B. Springer, B. S. Booley and G. J. Smith. 2019. Mammut pacificus sp. nov., a newly recognized species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America. PeerJ 7:e6614 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |