Where: Lassen County, California (40.9° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 119.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• six to eight feet below surface
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: found in trench generated during construction of pipeline
Primary reference: H. M. Wagner, C. B. Hanson, E. P. Gustafson, K. W. Gobalet, and D. P. Whistler. 1997. Biogeography of the Pliocene and Pleistocene vertebrate faunas of Northeastern California and their temporal significance to the development of the Modoc Plateau and Klamath Mountain Region. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 44(1):13-21 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 234659: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 27.04.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Thamnophis sp. Fitzinger 1843 garter snake | |
Mammalia | |
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Actinopteri | |
Gila cf. coerulea Girard 1856 carp-like fish
Lavinia sp. Girard 1845 carp-like fish
Ptychocheilus sp. Agassiz 1855 carp-like fish
Acrocheilus sp. Agassiz 1855 carp-like fish
? Acrocheilus "new sp." Agassiz 1855 carp-like fish | |
Chasmistes sp. Jordan 1878 carp-like fish |