Big Break (UCMP V-87047) (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Also known as Noone's Point; Seagull Island

Where: Contra Costa County, California (38.0° N, 121.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 121.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Piper Series Sands Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Strongly cemented Piper Series sands and unconsolidated Dehli Series sands of late Quaternary age.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone and unlithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: surface (float)

Primary reference: G. D. Richards and M. L. McCrossin. 1991. A new species of Antilocapra from the late Quaternary of California. GĂ©obios 24(5):623-635 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209581: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 05.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapra pacifica n. sp. Richards and McCrossin 1991 pronghorn