Miocene assemblage of vertebrate fossils in California
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