UCMP V-3425, Pinole Junction Site 2 (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Contra Costa County, California (38.0° N, 122.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 119.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pinole Tuff Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 19480: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• "same horizon" as Site 1
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Dinohippus sp.1 Quinn 1955 horse
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
? Sphenophalos sp. Merriam 1909 pronghorn
 Carnivora - Canidae
Eucyon davisi2 Merriam 1911 canine
"UCMP locality V3425"