Dry Canyon West Side 1: Miocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Stylonus sp.
Cope 1878
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= Acritohippus quinni
Kelly 1995
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Kelly 1995 | |||||||||
| replaces ID of Kelly and Lander 1988; "Merychippus sumani" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Ventura |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 119.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.6° North, 114.6° 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: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
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-5665 | ||
| Database number: | 19326 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 00:36:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 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:
| 2065 | T. S. Kelly. 1995. New Miocene horses from the Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Badlands, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 455:1-33 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |