Vallecito Creek (CU 54): Blancan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Lynx rufus
(Schreber 1777)
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Felis lacustris
Gazin 1933
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= Puma lacustris
Gazin 1933
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Trigonictis macrodon
(Cope 1868)
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see Anderson 1984 | ||||||||||
Lutra canadensis
(Schreber 1776)
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= Lontra canadensis
Schreber 1776
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Urocyon sp.
Baird 1857
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= Urocyon galushai
Tedford et al. 2009
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Tedford et al. 2009 | |||||||||
Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Canis latrans
Say 1823
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Equus (Equus) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Equus (Dolichohippus) sp.
(Heller 1912)
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synonym of Equus | ||||||||||
Equus enormis
Downs and Miller 1994
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probably includes type of Downs and Miller 1994 from zone 54; record actually shown at about level of CU 52 by Cassiliano | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Titanotylopus sp.
Barbour and Schultz 1934
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus sp.
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scapanus malatinus
Hutchison 1987
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Dipodomys compactus
True 1889
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys sp.
Rafinesque 1817
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= Geomyidae indet.
Bonaparte 1845
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Geomys garbanii
White and Downs 1961
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= Nerterogeomys garbanii
White and Downs 1961
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Geomys anzensis
Becker and White 1981
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= Nerterogeomys anzensis
Becker and White 1981
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Sigmodon sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Hodomys sp.
Merriam 1894
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"Neotoma (Hodomys) sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus hibbardi
White 1984
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Diego |
Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 117.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 116.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene | *Local age/stage: | Blancan |
Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
Age range of interval: | 4.90000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Palm Spring | Member: | Huesos/Tapiado | ||
Local section: | FCVC | Local bed: | 3509 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Blancan |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 20122 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1999-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-09-06 21:00:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-09-21 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1186. | M. L. Cassiliano. 1999. Biostratigraphy of Blancan and Irvingtonian mammals in the Fish Creek-Vallecito Creek section, southern California, and a review of the Blancan-Irvingtonian boundary. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(1):169-186 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
52058 | R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd] |