Mount Eden: Late/Upper Hemphillian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Repomys maxumi
May 1981
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May and Repenning 1982 | |||||||||
F:AM collection, not from V-3269 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus edensis n. sp.
Frick 1921
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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= Teleoceras hicksi
Cook 1927
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Prothero 1998 | |||||||||
listed by Prothero et al. 1989, Albright 1999c | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Dinohippus leidyanus
(Osborn 1918)
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Azzaroli 1988 | |||||||||
includes types of "Pliohippus osborni" and "P." edensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus sp.
Leconte 1848
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= Tayassuinae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Prosthennops edensis n. sp.
Frick 1921
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recombined as Tayassu edensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Pliauchenia merriami n. sp.
Frick 1921
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recombined as Megacamelus merriami | ||||||||||
Pliauchenia raki n. sp.
(Frick 1921)
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Stirton and Goeriz 1942 | |||||||||
nomen vanum belonging to Lamini | ||||||||||
raising Procamelus edensis raki to specific rank | ||||||||||
Procamelus edensis n. sp.
Frick 1921
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= cf. Tanupolama sp.
Stock 1928
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Miller and Downs 1974 | |||||||||
synonym of Hemiauchenia | ||||||||||
and "P. e. raki" are nomina vana, but based on Miller and Downs 1974 they represent a form close to "Tanupolama" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Procoileus edensis n. sp.
Frick 1937
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(3 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Pediomeryx hemphillensis
Stirton 1936
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Frick 1937 | |||||||||
"Cervidae indet." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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? Texoceros edensis n. sp.
Frick 1937
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Frick 1937 | |||||||||
"Antilocapra?"; also may include "Merycodus?... or Ilingoceros?" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Felinae indet.
Trouessart 1885
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Smilodon sp.
Lund 1841
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= Felinae indet.
Trouessart 1885
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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? Procyon sp.
Storr 1780
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Baskin 1982 | |||||||||
F:AM collection, not from V-3269 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Plionarctos edensis n. sp.
Frick 1926
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Hunt 1998 | |||||||||
of Frick 1926 | ||||||||||
Hyaenarctos gregoryi n. sp.
Frick 1926
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= Agriotherium sp.
Wagner 1837
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
UCMP V-3269, see Hunt 1998a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Caninae indet.
Gill 1872
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Borophagus secundus
VanderHoof 1931
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx sp.
Harlan 1825
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= Megalonychidae indet.
Gervais 1855
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Hirschfeld and Webb 1968 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Megatheriidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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misspelling Megatheriadae | ||||||||||
"Nothrotherium or Pronothrotherium" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Trilophodon (Tetrabelodon) shepardi
(Leidy 1870)
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nomen dubium belonging to Gomphotheriidae | ||||||||||
"Trilophodon shepardi edensis": type | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Riverside |
Coordinates: | 33.9° North, 117.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.5° North, 114.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Neogene | ||
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Hemphillian |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Hemphillian | ||
Age range of interval: | 10.30000 - 4.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Taxonomic list comments:Gilbert Chron "5.0 to 5.4 Ma": May and Repenning 1982, based on biochronology and reversed polarity at AMNH quarry |
Metadata
Also known as: | Eden Ledges; UCMP V-3269 | ||
Database number: | 19445 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Wertheim | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-07-30 20:36:10 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1548. | C. Frick. 1921. Extinct vertebrate faunas of the badlands of Bautista Creek and San Timoteo Canyon, southern California. University of California Publications in Geology 12(5):277-424 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
970 | A. Azzaroli. 1988. On the Equid genus Dinohippus Quinn 1955 and Pliohippus Marsh 1874. Bolletino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 27(1):61-72 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1028 | 5% 29740 | J. A. Baskin. 1982. Tertiary Procyoninae (Mammalia: Carnivora) of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1):71-93 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
6222 | C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1919 | S. E. Hirschfeld and S. D. Webb. 1968. Plio-Pleistocene Megalonychid Sloths of North America. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 12(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
1976 | R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Ursidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1:174-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
2491 | S. R. May and C. A. Repenning. 1982. New Evidence for the Age of the Mount Eden Fauna, Southern California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1):109-113 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
2598 | 5% 37420 | W. E. Miller and T. Downs. 1974. A Hemphillian local fauna containing a new genus of antilocaprid from southern California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 258:1-36 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Head] |
6218 | D. R. Prothero. 1998. Rhinocerotidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 595-605 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
3238 | R. A. Stirton and H. F. Goeriz. 1942. Fossil Vertebrates From the Superjacent Deposits Near Knights Ferry, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 26(5):447-472 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
3558 | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |