Teichart Gravel Pit (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Teichert Gravel Quarry; UCMP V-69129, V-75126
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Where: Sacramento County, California (38.6° N, 121.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 121.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Riverbank Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary Vertebrates from California: Part Two, Mammals. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 7:1-129 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details

PaleoDB collection 20642: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• U-series dates of "112 to 67 ka BP" (i.e., Sangamonian)
unclassified
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Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet.4 Vigors 1825 waterfowl
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata4
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata4 Baird and Girard 1852 western pond turtle
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet.4 Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani1 Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
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 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus, Canis latrans
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
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Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
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 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
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 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops hesternus Leidy 1873 camel
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 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
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 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison cf. antiquus Leidy 1852 bison
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 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scapanus latimanus3 Bachman 1842 broad-footed mole
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Spermophilus cf. beecheyi" = Otospermophilus beecheyi
"Spermophilus cf. beecheyi" = Otospermophilus beecheyi Richardson 1823 California ground squirrel
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 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathinae indet.1 Coues 1875 rodent
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher
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 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
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Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
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Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874 harvest mouse
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 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
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Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.4 Linnaeus 1758 frog
Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Orthodon sp.2 Girard 1856 carp-like fish