Iron Canyon Site

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

Equidae

Amphicyonidae

Canidae

Artiodactyla

Lipotyphla

Lagomorpha

Rodentia


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