Pauba Formation (SBCM 05.006.378): Irvingtonian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Paramylodon harlani
(Owen 1840)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus cf. meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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= Mammuthus cf. hayi
Barbour 1915
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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= Mammut pacificus
Dooley et al. 2019
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Dooley et al. 2019 | |||||||||
not specifically mentioned by Dooley et al. (2019) but they state that all M. americanum from California are M. pacificus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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a bat | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Smilodon fatalis
(Leidy 1868)
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probably the specimen from the City of Temecula described by Bowden and Scott 1992 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis latrans
Say 1823
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus bautistensis
Frick 1921
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= Equus scotti
Gidley 1900
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus californicus
(Merriam 1912)
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described by Pajak 1993 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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= Camelops cf. hesternus
Leidy 1873
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Pajak 1997 | |||||||||
Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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Pajak 1997 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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? Tayassuidae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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cf. Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Capromeryx sp.
Matthew 1902
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Pajak 1997 | |||||||||
presumably includes "cf. Antilocapra sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpidae indet.
(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Dipodomys sp.
Gray 1841
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large and small | ||||||||||
Perognathus sp.
Maximillian 1839
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= Perognathinae indet.
Coues 1875
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
large | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Thomomys bottae
(Eydoux and Gervais 1836)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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= Microtus californicus
Peale 1848
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Pajak 1997 | |||||||||
Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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? Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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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: | 1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection size: | 361 specimens |
Taxonomic list comments:an incomplete version of this list is given by Pajak 1997 "Pauba Formation" list of Reynolds and Reynolds 1990b is largely repeated by this list and others except for their record of "Ammospermophilus sp." NISP 361 |
Metadata
Also known as: | General Kearney; SBCM 5.6.378 | ||
Database number: | 20454 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | 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] | |
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] | |
2724 | A. F. Pajak, III. 1997. The Irvingtonian General Kearney local fauna, Riverside County, California and comparisons to Pleistocene faunas of Southern California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):68A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |