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Iron Canyon Site

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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.

Specimens located

Proboscidea (Gomphotheriidae)

  • Gomphotherium

    • 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
  • Merychyus

    • 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

    Iron Canyon Site Wikipedia
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