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Ash Wash, San Diego County, California, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)33.2289,-116.26
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationCalifornia, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)San Diego County, California, USA

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CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Ash WashGensler P. A. (2002)"nearly all fossil remains occur between the ~750,000 year old Bishop Ash and the ~620,000 year old Thermal Canyon Ash"1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Falconiformes
order
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Falconiformes1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Stockoceros sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Stockoceros1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Ovibovini
tribe
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Ovibovini1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Camelidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Sylvilagus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Sylvilagus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Equus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Cricetidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Microtus meadensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Microtus : Microtus meadensis1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Neotoma sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Neotoma1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Thomomys gidleyi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Thomomys : Thomomys gidleyi1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Perognathus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Perognathus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Sciuridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Heloderma sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Helodermatidae : Heloderma1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Serpentes
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Serpentes1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Cnemidophorus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Teiidae : Cnemidophorus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Emydidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Emydidae1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene

References

Gensler P. A. (2002) The vertebrate fauna (late-Irvingtonian, mid-Pleistocene) of Ash Wash, Coyote Badlands, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 3, 58A
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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