Irvington: Irvingtonian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Gasterosteidae
Gasterosteidae indet.
Casteel and Hutchison 1973
Actinopteri - Centrarchiformes - Centrarchidae
Centrarchidae indet. Cope 1868
Casteel and Hutchison 1973
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Catostomidae
Catostomidae indet.
Casteel and Hutchison 1973
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Casteel and Hutchison 1973
Orthodon sp. Girard 1856
Casteel and Hutchison 1973
5 teeth
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela indet. (Duméril 1805)
Casteel and Hutchison 1973
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Casteel and Hutchison 1973
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811
Casteel and Hutchison 1973
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Phrynosoma sp. Wiegmann 1828
Casteel and Hutchison 1973
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Neophrontops americanus Miller 1916
Rich 1977
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Clemmys sp. Ritgen 1828
Casteel and Hutchison 1973
    = Emydinae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Alroy 2008
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi (Falconer 1857)
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Citellus bensoni Gidley 1922
    = Spermophilus bensoni Gidley 1922
Alroy 2002
recombined as Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma prefuscipes Reynolds and Reeder 1991
    = Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825
Reynolds 1991
Peromyscus irvingtonensis n. sp. Savage 1951
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
    = Microtus californicus Peale 1848
Repenning 1992
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
    = Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scapanus latimanus (Bachman 1842)
Hutchison 1987
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodontinae indet. Gill 1872
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis irvingtonensis n. sp. Savage 1951
    = Canis latrans Say 1823
Alroy 2002
Canis cf. dirus Leidy 1858
    = Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Martin 1974
see also Nowak 1979
    = Canis dirus Leidy 1858
Tedford et al. 2009
recombined as Aenocyon dirus
Mammalia - Bovidae
Euceratherium sp. Furlong and Sinclair 1904
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Tetrameryx irvingtonensis n. sp. Stirton 1939
see Stirton 1939
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops minidokae Hay 1927
Camelops hesternus (Leidy 1873)
Tanupolama sp. Stock 1928
    = Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. caballus Linnaeus 1758
    = Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Alroy 2002
said to be the same as E. lambei and "E. niobrarensis alaskensis"; identity unclear according to Downs and Miller 1994
Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae
Nothrotheriops sp. Hoffstetter 1954
    = Nothrotheriops texanus Hay 1916
McDonald 1995
original and current combination Nothrotherium texanum
replaces ID of McDonald 1985
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani (Owen 1840)
McDonald 1995
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Alameda
Coordinates: 37.5° North, 122.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.5° North, 121.7° 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
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
Museum repositories:UCMP
Taxonomic list comments:originally described by Stirton 1939 based on a much smaller collectionsaid to be in a magnetically reversed chron by Repenning 1992
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V-3602, 3604, 3605
Database number:20387
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, J. Marcot
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-04-20 23:51:40
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3014. D. E. Savage. 1951. Late Cenozoic Vertebrates of The San Francisco Bay Region. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 28(10):215-314 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
26812 J. Alroy. 2008. Synonymies, reidentifications, and other arbitrary pronouncements mostly concerning fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
27859 C. J. Bell and G. S. Bever. 2006. Description and significance of the Microtus (Rodentia : Arvicolinae) from the type Irvington fauna, Alameda County, California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2):371-380 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
19234 R. W. Casteel and J. H. Hutchison. 1973. Orthodon (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of California. Copeia 2:358-361 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
1993 J. H. Hutchison. 1987. Moles of the Scapanus latimanus group (Talpidae, Insectivora) from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 386:1-15 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/W. Gearty]
24365% 36580R. A. Martin. 1974. Fossil mammals from the Coleman IIA fauna, Sumter County. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 35-99 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Head]
2499 H. G. McDonald. 1995. Gravigrade xenarthrans from the early Pleistocene Leisey Shell Pit 1A, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(11) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
2873 C. A. Repenning. 1992. Allophaiomys and the age of the Olyor Suite, Krestovka sections, Yakutia. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2037(4):1-95 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
2882 R. E. Reynolds. 1991. Irvingtonian Land Mammal Age indicators in the west-central Mojave Desert. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 38(3):106-107 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
19235 P. V. Rich. 1977. Temporal Range Extension of Neophrontops americanus (Accipitridae). The Condor 79(4):494-495 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
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]