Garretson UCMP V6312 (Pleistocene of the United States)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Montezuma Formation, Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ? Montezuma

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary Vertebrates from California: Part Two, Mammals. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 7:1-129 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84880: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2008, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Scapanus latimanus1
Scapanus latimanus1 Bachman 1842 broad-footed mole
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydra lutris
Enhydra lutris Linnaeus 1758 sea otter
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata2
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata2 Baird and Girard 1852 western pond turtle
 Squamata - Anguidae
Gerrhonotus coeruleus2
Gerrhonotus coeruleus2 alligator lizard
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus sp.2
Crotalus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 rattlesnake
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Uta sp.2
Uta sp.2 Baird and Girard 1852 side-blotched lizard
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
? Anas sp.2
? Anas sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
 Neornithes -
? Strigiformes indet.2
? Strigiformes indet.2 Wagler 1830 owl
Amphibia
 Caudata -
Caudata indet.2
Caudata indet.2 salamander
 Salientia -
Anura indet.2
Anura indet.2 Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Orthodon sp.2
Orthodon sp.2 Girard 1856 carp-like fish
 Perciformes - Gasterosteidae
Gasterosteus aculeatus2
Gasterosteus aculeatus2 Linnaeus 1758 three-spined stickleback
1Hutchison 1987; 2Jefferson 1991