Vertebrate Fossils--16.3 to 13.4 Million Years Old

Middle Miocene Barstow Formation

Fossil Bone Basin, Mojave Desert, California

These are photographs courtesy: The University California Museum of Paleontology, used here per parameters provided by the Creative Commons license.

A lower jaw from a Borophagine canid (the bone-crushing dog), Middle Member of the middle Miocene Barstow Formation, Fossil Bone Basin, Mojave Desert, California. Called scientifically, Protepicyon raki. Scale in image is two centimeters long (slightly over three-quarters inch). 16 to 15 million years old. Photograph by Patricia Holroyd, courtesy Copyright © 2007 University of California Museum of Paleontology, used here per parameters provided by the Creative Commons license. I edited and processed the photo through photoshop.

A lower jaw from a Borophagine canid (the bone-crushing dog), Middle Member of the middle Miocene Barstow Formation, Fossil Bone Basin, Mojave Desert, California. Called scientifically, Cynarctus galushai. Scale in image is two centimeters long (slightly over three-quarters inch). 16 to 15 million years old. Photograph by Patricia Holroyd, courtesy Copyright © 2007 University of California Museum of Paleontology, used here per parameters provided by the Creative Commons license. I edited and processed the photo through photoshop.

Part of a lower jaw from a pronghorn, Upper Member of the middle Miocene Barstow Formation, Fossil Bone Basin, Mojave Desert, California. 15 to 13.4 million years old. Photograph by Patricia Holroyd, courtesy, Copyright © 2007 University of California Museum of Paleontology, used here per parameters provided by the Creative Commons license. I edited and processed the photo through photoshop.

Part of jaw from an oreodont, Middle Member of the middle Miocene Barstow Formation, Fossil Bone Basin, Mojave Desert, California. 16 to 15 million years old. Called scientifically, Brachycrus laticeps. Photograph by Brian P. Kraatz, courtesy Copyright © 2003 University of California Museum of Paleontology, used here per parameters provided by the Creative Commons license. I edited and processed the photo through photoshop.

A tooth from an extinct rodent, related to the modern mouse. Upper Member of the middle Miocene Barstow Formation, Fossil Bone Basin, Mojave Desert, California. 15 to 13.6 million years old. Called scientifically, Copemys tenuis. Photograph by Patricia Holroyd, courtesy Copyright © 2014 University of California Museum of Paleontology, used here per parametes provided by the Creative Commons license. I edited and processed the photo through photoshop.

A lower jaw from a camel, Middle Member of the middle Miocene Barstow Formation, Fossil Bone Basin, Mojave Desert, California. Called scientifically, Paramiolabis tenuis. Scale in image is two centimeters long (slightly over three-quarters inch). Roughly 16 million years old. Photograph by Patricia Holroyd, courtesy Copyright © 2007 University of California Museum of Paleontology, used here per parameters provided by the Creative Commons license. I edited and processed the photo through photoshop.

A tooth from a horse, Middle Member of the middle Miocene Barstow Formation, Fossil Bone Basin, Mojave Desert, California. Called scientifically, Pliohippus stylodontus. Scale is in millimeters. 16 to 15 million years old. Photograph by Alan B. Shabel, courtesy Copyright University of California Museum of Paleontology, used here per parameters provided by the Creative Commons license. I edited and processed the photo through photoshop.

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