North Coalinga: Barstovian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammutidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
| "Miomastodon or Trilophodon? sp." | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Hemicyon sp.
Lartet 1851
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= Ursidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon sp.
Lartet 1836
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= Amphicyonidae indet.
Haeckel 1886
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus sp.
Cope 1873
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= Borophaginae indet.
Simpson 1945
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Aelurodon sp.
Leidy 1858
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| probably OK; compared very closely to A. "wheelerianus" and contrasted with Epicyon haydeni and "E. aphobus" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hypohippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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| original and current combination Anchitherium (Hypohippus) | ||||||||||
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Parahippus brevidens
(Marsh 1874)
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| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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= Desmatippus avus
Marsh 1874
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Archaeohippus mourningi
(Merriam 1913)
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Merychippus brevidontus n. sp.
Bode 1935
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| see Bode 1934 | ||||||||||
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Merychippus californicus n. sp.
Merriam 1915
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| see Bode 1934; from both CIT 108 and CIT 129, see Downs 1961 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Paleoparadoxiidae
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Paleoparadoxia tabatai
(Tokunaga 1939)
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Domning 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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cf. Aphelops sp.
Owen 1845
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= Aphelops megalodus
Cope 1873
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Cynorca occidentale
Woodburne 1969
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Woodburne 1969 | |||||||||
| recombined as Tedfordhyus occidentalis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| "Procamelus", "possibly Miolabis", and "alticamelid ?" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Palaeomerycidae indet.
Lydekker 1883
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| "Blastomeryx (Dyseomeryx) sp.": comparisons are entirely to "Blastomeryx" riparius | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Monosaulax sp.
Stirton 1935
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| said to be "M. pansus" and from both CIT 108 and CIT 129 by Stirton 1935 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon sp.
Smith 1838
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Merriam 1915 | |||||||||
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Merriam 1915 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Fresno |
| Coordinates: | 36.1° North, 120.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 115.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
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: | Temblor |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:CIT 108 is the same as UCMP 2124: Downs 1961 Merriam's types of "Neohipparion molle" and "Pliohippus coalingensis" are from "North Coalinga" but in the "Jacalitos formation" = Etchegoin Fm. according to Tedford et al. 1987; these are widely separated stratigraphically according to Nomland 1916 and are of unclear relationships to the USGS sites in the Etchegoin "? Prosthennops sp." is indeterminate: Colbert 1938 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | CIT 108, 129; Domengine Creek; Merychippus Zone; UCMP 2124 | ||
| Database number: | 19460 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-12-20 12:59:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1105. | F. D. Bode. 1935. The Fauna of the Merychippus Zone, North Coalinga District, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 453(6):65-96 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 30424 | D. P. Domning. 2008. Desmostylia. In C. M. Janis, G. F. Gunnell, M. D. Uhen (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume II 640-645 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 35801 | H. Hannibal. 1922. Notes on Tertiary Sirenians of the Genus Desmostylus. Journal of Mammalogy 3(4):238-240 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 52055 | J. C. Merriam. 1915. Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas of the North Coalinga Region of California. A Contribution to the Study of Palæontologic Correlation in the Great Basin and Pacific Coast Provinces. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 22(3):191-234 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 30804 | T. Shikama. 1966. Postcranial skeletons of Japanese Desmostylia. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 12:1-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 3503 | M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate paleontology of the proposed Norden Reservoir Area, Brown, Cherry and Keya Paha counties, Nebraska. Technical Report, Division of Archeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska 82-09 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 3752 | ETE | M. O. Woodburne. 1969. Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Cynorca and Dyseohyus (Tayassuidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 141(2):273-355 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |