Doolan Canyon: Rancholabrean, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon cf. harlani (Owen 1840)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut pacificus Dooley et al. 2019
Dooley et al. 2019 1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison cf. antiquus Leidy 1852
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Alameda
Coordinates: 37.7° North, 121.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.7° North, 121.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Rancholabrean
Age range of interval:0.21000 - 0.01400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Lithology description: clays
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V4103
Database number:200318
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Holroyd Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Holroyd
Modifier:P. Holroyd Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-03-28 11:37:24 Last modified:2022-12-14 16:53:04
Access level:the public Released:2019-03-28 11:37:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3014. 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]

Secondary references:

35474 A. C. Dooley, E. Scott, J. Green, K. B. Springer, B. S. Booley and G. J. Smith. 2019. Mammut pacificus sp. nov., a newly recognized species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America. PeerJ 7:e6614 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]