California Oaks (SBCM 05.006.303): Irvingtonian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sceloporinae indet.
Scott and Cox 1993
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys bottae (Eydoux and Gervais 1836)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841
large and small
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
    = Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875
Alroy 2002
large and small
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus simus (Cope 1879)
described by Scott and Cox 1992
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Scott and Cox 1993
extinct small horse"
Equus bautistensis Frick 1921
    = Equus scotti Gidley 1900
Alroy 2002
synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
? Tetrameryx sp. Lull 1921
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scapanus sp. Pomel 1848
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
Scott and Cox 1993
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811
Scott and Cox 1993
Reptilia - Scincidae
Eumeces sp. Wiegmann 1834
Scott and Cox 1993
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Scott and Cox 1993
Anniella sp. Gray 1852
Scott and Cox 1993
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
Scott and Cox 1993
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Iguanidae indet. Oppel 1811
Scott and Cox 1993
Phrynosoma sp. Wiegmann 1828
Scott and Cox 1993
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Scott and Cox 1993
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Scott and Cox 1993
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Riverside
Coordinates: 33.9° North, 117.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.9° North, 116.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:"unnamed sandstone"
Local section:Temec Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:233 specimens
Taxonomic list comments:NISP 233
Metadata
Database number:20206
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-09-21 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1999-09-21 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2725. A. F. Pajak, iii, E. Scott, and C. J. Bell. 1996. A review of the biostratigraphy of Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments in the Elsinore Fault Zone, Riverside County, California. PaleoBios 17(2-4):28-49 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
64909 E. Scott and S. M. Cox. 1993. Arctodus simus (Cope, 1879) from Riverside County, California. PaleoBios 15(2):27-36 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]