Tranquility (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-44001, correctly as UCMP V4401

Where: Fresno County, California (36.1° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 120.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

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

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20644: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• said to be >112ka to 67ka based on U-series dating (i.e., Sangamonian), but includes "early Holocene" material
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Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet.2
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
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 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp., Odocoileus sp.
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
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Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
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 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp.
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
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 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp.
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
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 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Taxidea sp.
Taxidea sp. Waterhouse 1839 badger
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 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp., Canis latrans, Urocyon sp.
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
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Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
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Urocyon sp. Baird 1857 gray fox
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 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scapanus latimanus1
Scapanus latimanus1 Bachman 1842 broad-footed mole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp.
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
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 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Heteromyidae indet.
Heteromyidae indet. Gray 1868 rodent
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 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp.
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
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 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus sp., Neotoma sp.
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
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Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
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Reptilia
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus sp.2
Crotalus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 rattlesnake
 Testudines - Emydidae
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata2
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata2 Baird and Girard 1852 western pond turtle
Aves
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
cf. Gavia sp.2
cf. Gavia sp.2 Forster 1788 loon
1Hutchison 1987; 2Jefferson 1991