Iron Canyon Site Explained

The Iron Canyon Site is a Miocene assemblage of vertebrate fossils located in Kern County, California within the Dove Spring Formation dating from ~23.03—5.33 Ma.^[1]

Specimens located

Proboscidea (Gomphotheriidae)

Rhinocerotidae

• Peraceras
• Serbelodon S. burnhami

Equidae

• Dinohippus
• Pliohippus P. tantalus
• Megahippus M. matthewi

Amphicyonidae

• Ischyrocyon I. mohavensis

Canidae

• Epicyon E. saevus

Artiodactyla

• Alluvisorex A. chasseae
• Paracosoryx P. furlongi

Lipotyphla

• Limnoecus
• Erinaceidae

Lagomorpha

• Hesperolagomys

Rodentia

• Thomomys
• Cupidinimus C. avawatzensis, C. tertius
• Perognathus P. minutus
  • Geomyidae Eucastor
• Copemys C. dentalis, C. longidens, C. russelli

References

• David P. Whistler and Douglas P. Burbank, Miocene biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Dove Spring Formation, Mojave Desert, California, and characterization of the Clarendonian mammal age (late Miocene) in California.Website

Notes and References

1. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayCollectionDetails&collection_no=19383 Paleobiology database: Iron Canyon Collection