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Titus Canyon, Inyo County, California, USA

Formation	Titus Canyon
Age:	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Interval	Chadronian
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	13

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Titus Canyon	Inyo County, California, USA	Titus Canyon
Chloride Cliffs	Inyo County, California, USA	Titus Canyon

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Coso	10.3 - 4.90 Ma Neogene		1
Tecopa Lake Beds	1.80 - 0.30 Ma Pleistocene	mudstone	24

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Cyprinodon breviradius species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Cyprinodontiformes : Cyprinodontidae : Cyprinodon : *Cyprinodon breviradius*	38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Fundulus curryi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Cyprinodontiformes : Fundulidae : Fundulus : *Fundulus curryi*	38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Agriochoerus transmontanus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Agriochoeridae : Protoreodon : *Agriochoerus transmontanus*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Leptomeryx blacki species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Leptomerycidae : Leptomeryx : *Leptomeryx blacki*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Poabromylus robustus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Protoceratidae : Poabromylus : *Poabromylus robustus*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Canidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Protitanops curryi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Protitanops : *Protitanops curryi*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Telmatheriina subtribe	5.6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Telmatheriina	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Equidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Eotrigonias mortivallis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Teletaceras : *Eotrigonias mortivallis*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Colodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Helaletidae : *Colodon*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Aplodontidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Aplodontidae	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Paramyinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Ischyromyidae : Paramyinae	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene

References

Miller R. R. (1945) Four new species of fossil cyprinodont fishes from eastern California, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 35 10, 315-321

Stock C. (1949) Mammalian Fauna from Titus Canyon Formation, California, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 584, 229-244

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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