| Vertebrate fossil spotted several years ago in exposures of the late Miocene Dove Spring Formation that at that date occurred well outside the boundaries of Red Rock Canyon State Park on Public Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management; today, the bone-bearing exposures where this specimen had weathered out on the surface now lie within the rather recently expanded borders of Red Rock Canyon State Park, California. |
| Side views of the same two camel carpals (wrist bones) seen in the previous image. Late Miocene Dove Spring Formation of the Ricardo Group, El Paso Mountain, Kern County, California; from left to right, in actual size the specimens are 18mm and 14mm thick. Identified by Dr. Robert Emry, National Museum Of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. |