Also known as UCMP V-5834; USGS M-1242

Where: Alameda County, California (37.8° N, 122.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 121.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: San Antonio Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• Assignment to San Antonio Formation with question by Casteel and Hutchison

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the USGS

• "All teeth were recovered by water washing sediments through sieves" Casteel and Hutchison 1973

Primary reference: R. W. Casteel and J. H. Hutchison. 1973. Orthodon (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of California. Copeia 2:358-361 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20431: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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