Paleolandscape

In this paleolandscape, artist John Francis illustrates a braided stream and stream bank, the home to a variety of aquatic and forest adapted animals.

The Setting

• ​Riparian forest
• Braided streams
• Aquatic and forest animals
• Lush vegetation

The Current Environment

A previously forested land.

Photograph by Richard Ingwall, Anza-Borrego Desert Paleontology Society

The Animals

1. Novacek's small iguana, extinct (Pumilia Novaceki)
2. Palm, (Washingtonia sp.)
​3. Florida Cave Bear, extinct (Tremarctos floridanus)
4. Goodling's willow, (Saliz goodingii)
5. Stirton's coendu porcupine, extinct (Coendou stirtoni)
6. Buckeye, (Aesculus sp.)
7. Woodpeckers, (Picidae)
8. Anza turkey, extinct (Meleagris anza)
9. Beaver, (Castor canadensis)
10. Diminutive Pronghorn, extinct (Capromeryx sp.)
11. Fossil Golden-eye, extinct (Bucephala fosillis)
12. Mud turtle, (Kinosternon sp.)
13. River otter, (Lantra canadensis)
14. Trout, (Salmo sp.)
15. Common King Snake, (Lampropeltis getulus)
16. Dawson's small rabbit, (Pewelagus dawsonae)
17. Toad, ​(Bufo sp.)

The Fossils

Tremarctos Lower Dentary​

Photographs from Fossil Treasures of the Anza-Borrego Desert
Photograph by Barbara Marrs