UCMP V-3303, Mulholland Site 1 (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Contra Costa County, California (37.8° N, 122.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 119.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Mulholland Member (Siesta Formation), Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• Originallly assigned to Mulholland Formation, but stratigraphic revisions now place in lower Mulholland Member of Siesta Formation. Stratigraphically between between the Upper Mulholland Tuff (8.2 Ma) and the Lower Mulholland Tuff (8.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. A. Martin, T. S. Kelly, and P. Holroyd. 2023. Two Asian cricetodontine-like muroid rodents from the Neogene of western North America. Journal of Paleontology 1-19 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 19446: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• formational assignment follows Creely et al. 1982
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet.2 Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.2 Latreille 1802 ostracod
perhaps Hemicyprinotus and Cyprideis
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 frog
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.2 Gray 1821 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.2 Gray 1821 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet.3 Gray 1866 pronghorn
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Agriotherium sp.2 Wagner 1837 bear
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus sp.2 Dice 1917 rabbit
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Pliosaccomys sp.2 Wilson 1936 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Bensonomys sp.2 Gazin 1942 mouse
Pliotomodon primitivus1 Hoffmeister 1945 mouse
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.2 Hay 1922 gomphothere
Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet.2 Swainson 1839 turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp.2 Fitzinger 1835 turtle
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Bucephala sp.2 Baird 1858 seaduck
Branta sp.2 Scopoli 1769 goose
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 heron
Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet.2 Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish
 Centrarchiformes - Centrarchidae
Centrarchidae indet.2 Cope 1868 sunfish
unclassified
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Plantae indet.2 Haeckel 1866