Miraflores ( of Mexico)
Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (23.4° N, 109.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 23.9° N, 108.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)
• said to be Blancan
Environment/lithology: marginal marine
Primary reference: O. Carranza-Castaneda and W. E. Miller. 1999. A new Pliocene terrestrial vertebrate locality from southern baja California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):36A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 20075: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1999, edited by Mark Uhen and Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
• first mentioned by Carranza et al. 1998
list summarizes "several sites"
list summarizes "several sites"
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Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat | |
Buisnictis metabatos n. sp.2
Buisnictis metabatos n. sp.2 Wang et al. 2014 skunk locality BCSM 41, El Zorrillo, about 4 km east of Miraflores
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Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel | |
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"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens
"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse | |
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Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate | |