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UCMP 1035, Contra Costa County, California, USA

Mindat.org Locality PageContra Costa County, California, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal)37.8,-122.03
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on political unit
Given LocationCalifornia, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Contra Costa County, California, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Kendall-MalloryEdwards S. W. (1976)"siliciclastic"13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
UCMP 1035, Bolinger Canyon Site 1Alroy J. (2002)"Orinda""siliciclastic"23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
UCMP 1042, Bolinger Canyon Site 2Stirton R. A. (1939)"siliciclastic"23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
UCMP 299, Bolinger Canyon Site 3Stirton R. A. (1939)"siliciclastic"23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Camelidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Ustatochoerus medius novomexicanus
subspecies
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Ustatochoerus : Ustatochoerus medius novomexicanus13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Aelurodon taxoides
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Aelurodon : Aelurodon taxoides13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Epicyon haydeni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Epicyon : Epicyon haydeni13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Epicyon saevus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Epicyon : Epicyon saevus13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Hoplictis grangerensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Hoplictis : Beckia grangerensis13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Equidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Hipparion forcei
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hipparion : Hipparion forcei13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Hippotherium sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hippotherium23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Neohipparion trampasense
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Neohipparion : Hipparion trampasense13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Gomphotheriidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Protospermophilus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Protospermophilus13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Anniella sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Anniellidae : Anniella13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene

References

Stirton R. A. (1939) Cenozoic Mammal Remains From the San Francisco Bay Region, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 24 13, 339-410
Edwards S. W. (1976) A mandible of Beckia (Mammalia: Mustelidae) from Contra Costa County, California, PaleoBios 20, 1-5
Gauthier J. A. (1980) Anniella (Sauria: Anguidae) from the Miocene of California, PaleoBios 31, 1-7
Hulbert, Jr. R. C. (1987) Late Neogene Neohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Florida and Texas, Journal of Paleontology 61 4, 809-830
Wang X., Tedford R. H., et al (1999) Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243, 1-392
Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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