Doolan Canyon (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V4103

Where: Alameda County, California (37.7° N, 121.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 121.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone

• clays

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. E. Savage. 1951. Late Cenozoic Vertebrates of The San Francisco Bay Region. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 28(10):215-314 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200318: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.03.2019, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon cf. harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut pacificus Dooley et al. 2019 mastodon
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison cf. antiquus Leidy 1852 bison