Sycamore Creek (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Older Black Hawk Ranch; UCMP V-3920, 3921, 3925

Where: Contra Costa County, California (37.8° N, 122.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 117.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Diablo Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. A. Richey. 1948. Lower Pliocene horses from Black Hawk Ranch, Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 28(1):1-44 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19570: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Neohipparion trampasense Edwards 1982 hipparionine horse
"? Hipparion" from UCMP V-3925; presumably based on a better specimen than Richey's
Hipparion tehonense Merriam 1916 hipparionine horse
"Nannippus" from UCMP V-3925