List Of Organisms From The Manix Formation

Upper Pleistocene in geologic age (350 to 19 thousand years old)

San Bernardino County, California

Adapted from the following publication:

The Camp Cady Local Fauna: Paleoenvironment of the Lake Manix Basin

By George T. Jefferson

Class Crustacea   Limnocythere bradburyi  ostracod Limnocythere ceriotuberosa  ostracod Limnocythere platyforma  ostracod Limnocythere robusta  ostracod Heterocypris sp.  ostracod   Class Pelecypoda   Anodonta claiforniensis freshwater mussel Pisidium compressum freshwater clam   Class Gastropoda   Valvata humeralis  freshwater snail Fossaria modicella  freshwater snail Planorbella ammon  freshwater snail Planorbella subcrenata  freshwater snail Planorbella tenuia?  freshwater snail Carinifex newberryi  freshwater snail Gyraulus  freshwater snail Physa sp.  freshwater snail Vorticifex effusa  freshwater snail   Class Ostreichthyes   Gila bicolor mojavensis Tui (Mojave) Chub Gasterosteus aculeatus Three-spine Stickleback   Class Reptilia   Clemmys marmorata Western Pond Turtle   Class Aves   Gavia sp. cf. G. arctica Arctic Loon Podiceps sp. cf. P. nigricollia Eared Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Western Grebe Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Pelican Phalacrocorax auritus Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax macropus extinct Cormorant Ciconia maltha extinct Stork Phoenicopterus minutus extinct small flamingo Phoenicopterus copei extinct flamingo Cygnus sp. cf. C. columbianus Tundra Swan Branta canadensis Canada Goose Anas sp. cf. A. crecca Green-winged Teal A. sp. cf. A. platyrhynchos Mallard Aythya sp. Greater Scaup Mergus sp. cf. M. merganser Common Merganser Oxyura jamaicensis Ruddy Duck Haliacetus leucophalus Bald Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Golden Eagle Fulca americana cf. minor small American Coot Grus sp. Crane cf. Actitis sp. Sandpiper Phalaropodinae phalarope subfamily Larus sp. cf. L. oregonus extinct Gull Larus sp. large Gull Bubo virginianus Great Horned Owl   Class Mammalia   Megalonyx sp. extinct medium ground sloth Nothrotheriops shastense extinct small ground sloth Glossotherium sp. extinct large ground sloth Mammuthus sp. extinct mammoth Lepus sp. jack rabit Cricetidae mouse Cania sp. cf. C. dirus extinct dire wolf Cania latrans coyote Arctodus sp. extinct short-faced bear cf. Ursus sp. bear Felis (Puma) sp. mountain lion Homotherium sp. extinct scimitar cat Equus sp. cf. E. conversidens extinct small horse Equus sp. extinct large horse Camelops sp. cf. hesternus extinct camel Camelops aff. C. minidokae extinct camel Hemiauchenia macrophela extinct llama Lamini sp. nov. extinct large llama Antilocarpa sp. antelope Ovis canadensis mountain lion Bison sp. cf. B. antiquus extinct bison

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