USGS M1202 Veterans Hospital, Matadero Creek: Pleistocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Cerithidea sp.
Swainson 1840
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Santa Clara |
| Coordinates: | 37.4° North, 122.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 121.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: base of Unit Q1 – upper soil |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 183464 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-12-23 20:01:21 | Last modified: | 2016-12-23 20:01:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-12-23 20:01:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61266. | K. C. Maguire and P. A. Holroyd. 2016. Pleistocene vertebrates of Silicon Valley (Santa Clara County, California). PaleoBios 33:1-14 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |