California Oaks (SBCM 5.6.187): Irvingtonian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Phrynosoma sp.
Wiegmann 1828
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| large | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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| small | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Dipodomys sp.
Gray 1841
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Thomomys sp.
Wied-Neuwied 1839
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Reithrodontomys sp.
Giglioli 1874
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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: | 1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | "unnamed sandstone" | ||
| Local section: | Temec | Local bed: | 1 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 13 specimens |
| Taxonomic list comments:said to be immediately below the Bishop Ash, but exact correlation with any fossiliferous horizon of the formation is impossible according to Pajak et al. 1996; date on ash is 0.760 +/- 0.001 Ma (SCLF AA) according to by van den Bogaard and Schirnick 1995 but 0.785 +/- 0.002 Ma according to Pajak et al. 1996 NISP 13: Pajak et al. 1996 "Peromyscus sp." is omitted by Pajak et al. 1996 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | SBCM 05.006.187 DUPLICATE REF 2893 or 2894 | ||
| Database number: | 20195 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2893. | R. E. Reynolds, R. L. Reynolds, and A. F. Pajak, III. 1991. Blancan, Irvingtonian, and Rancholabrean(?) land mammal age faunas from western Riverside County, California. In R.E. Reynolds, D.P. Whistler (eds.), San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 38(3-4):37-40 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |