Margo Quarry: Barstovian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus parviplicatus Dawson 1958
    = Hypolagus fontinalis Dawson 1958
White 1988
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Copemys tenuis Lindsay 1972
Copemys longidens (Hall 1930)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Parapliosaccomys sp. Shotwell 1967
    = Phelosaccomys sp. Korth and Reynolds 1994
Korth and Reynolds 1994
Mojavemys lophatus Lindsay 1972
    = Proheteromys lophatus Lindsay 1972
Alroy 2002
original and current combination Mojavemys lophatus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Cupidinimus nebraskensis Wood 1935
    = Cupidinimus lindsayi Barnosky 1986
Barnosky 1986
Perognathoides halli Wood 1936
    = Cupidinimus halli Wood 1936
Alroy 2002
Perognathus furlongi Gazin 1930
Perognathus minutus James 1963
Mookomys subtilis n. sp. Lindsay 1972
(1 measurement)
    = Heliscomys subtilis Lindsay 1972
Alroy 2002
original and current combination Mookomys subtilis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Bernardino
Coordinates: 34.8° North, 117.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.1° North, 112.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Barstovian
Age range of interval:16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Barstow Member:Upper
Local section:Barst Local bed:6
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:105 specimens
Museum repositories:UCMP
Taxonomic list comments:NISP 105
"C. longidens zone"
immediately above Hemicyon Tuff in Carnivore Canyon, see Fig. 2
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V-5270
Database number:19430
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2000-05-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2006-09-13 01:07:57
Access level:the public Released:2000-05-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2243. E. H. Lindsay. 1972. Small mammal fossils from the Barstow Formation, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 93:1-104 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1018 A. D. Barnosky. 1986. New Species of the Miocene Rodent Cupidinimus (Heteromyidae) and Some Evolutionary Relationships within the Genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(1):46-64 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
2151 W. W. Korth and R. E. Reynolds. 1994. A hypsodont gopher (Rodentia, Geomyidae) from the Clarendonian (Miocene) of California. San Bernardino County Museum Association Special Publication 94-1:91-95 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
3632 J. A. White. 1988. The Archaeolaginae (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) of North America, Excluding Archaeolagus and Panolax. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):425-450 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]