Canyon West of Nettle Spring 3: Clarendonian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Merycodus cerroensis
(Frick 1937)
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= Cosoryx cf. cerroensis
Frick 1937
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original and current combination Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) cerroensis | |||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Pliohippus ? tehonensis
(Merriam 1915)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes sp.
Frisch 1775
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= Caninae indet.
Gill 1872
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Ventura |
Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 119.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.7° North, 115.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | NS Caliente | ||
Local section: | ApchC | Local bed: | 2 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
Also known as: | UCMP V-5909 | ||
Database number: | 19278 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-12-20 13:09:47 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2012. | G. T. James. 1963. Paleontology and nonmarine stratigraphy of the Cuyama Valley badlands, California; Part 1, Geology, faunal interpretations, and systematic descriptions of Chiroptera, Insectivora, and Rodentia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 45:1-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |