Bellshire (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-3603

Where: Contra Costa County, California (37.9° N, 122.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 118.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Orinda Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. A. Stirton. 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 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19180: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Orinda Fm. sensu stricto: see Creely et al. 1982
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodontidae indet. Cook 1912 oreodont
not clear if this is Ticholeptus zygomaticus of Kelly and Lander 1988 from "UCMP 3603 in the High Rock Canyon area of Nevada"