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APPENDIX E
Paleontological Resources Records Search
Research & Collections
e-mail: paleorecords@nhm.org
April 16, 2022
Ultra Systems
Attn: Stephen O’Neil
re: Paleontological resources for the Citrus Avenue Condominiums Project (Project #7167).
Dear Stephen:
I have conducted a thorough search of our paleontology collection records for the locality and specimen
data for proposed development at the Citrus Avenue Condominiums Project area as outlined on the
portion of the Devore USGS topographic quadrangle map that you sent to me via e-mail on April 11,
2022. We do not have any fossil localities that lie directly within the proposed project area, but we do
have fossil localities nearby from the same sedimentary deposits that occur in the proposed project area,
either at the surface or at depth.
The following table shows the closest known localities in the collection of the Natural History
Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLA).
Locality
Number Location Formation Taxa Depth
LACM VP 4619
Wineville Ave,
Eastvale, CA
Unknown Formation
(Pleistocene) Mammoth (Mammuthus)
100 feet
bgs
LACM VP 7811
W of Orchard Park,
Chino Valley
Unknown formation
(eolian, tan silt;
Pleistocene) Whip snake (Masticophis)
9-11 feet
bgs
LACM VP 1207
Hill on east side of
sewage disposal
plant; 1 mile N-NW
of Corona
Unknown formation
(Pleistocene) Bovidae Unknown
LACM VP
7268, 7271
Sundance
Condominiums, S of
Los Serranos Golf
Course
Unknown
(Pleistocene) Horse (Equus) Unknown
LACM VP 7508
Near intersection of
Vellano Club Dr. and
Palmero Dr.,
Oakcrest
Development; N of
Serrano Canyon,
Chino Hills
Unknown formation
(Pleistocene)
Ground sloth (Nothrotheriops);
elephant family (Proboscidea);
horse (Equus) Unknown
LACM VP 1728
W of intersection of
English Rd & Peyton
Unknown (light
brown shale with
Horse (Equus), camel
(Camelops)
15-20 feet
bgs
Dr, Chino interbeds of very
coarse brown sand;
Pleistocene)
VP, Vertebrate Paleontology; IP, Invertebrate Paleontology; bgs, below ground surface
This records search covers only the records of the NHMLA. It is not intended as a
paleontological assessment of the project area for the purposes of CEQA or NEPA. Potentially
fossil-bearing units are present in the project area, either at the surface or in the subsurface. As
such, NHMLA recommends that a full paleontological assessment of the project area be
conducted by a paleontologist meeting Bureau of Land Management or Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology standards.
Sincerely,
Alyssa Bell, Ph.D.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
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