List Of Organisms From The Manix Formation

Late 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

 ostracode
Limnocythere ceriotuberosa

 ostracode
Limnocythere platyforma

 ostracode
Limnocythere robusta

 ostracode
Heterocypris sp.

 ostracode

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 or Canvasback
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-sized 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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