USGS M-1219, Saratoga: Gelasian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
|
|||||||
|
Acinonyx studeri
(Savage 1960)
|
|||||||
|
= Miracinonyx ? studeri
Savage 1960
|
Alroy 2002 | ||||||
|
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
|
|||||||
|
? Dolichohippus sp.
Heller 1912
|
|||||||
|
= Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
|
Alroy 2002 | ||||||
|
Mammalia
- Cervidae
|
|||||||
|
Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
|
|||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Santa Clara |
| Coordinates: | 37.3° North, 122.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.1° North, 121.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Gelasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Gelasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Santa Clara | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: About 460 m above the faulted base of the Santa Clara Formation, indicating a late Blancan (latest Pliocene) [now early Pleistocene] age. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19702 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-04-01 14:13:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 922. | D. P. Adam, D. B. Adams, R. M. Forester, R. J. McLaughlin, C. A. Repenning and D. H. Sorg. 1983. An animal- and plant-fossil assemblage from the Santa Clara Formation (Pliocene and Pleistocene), Saratoga, California. In D. W. Andersen, M. J. Rymer (eds.), Tectonics and Sedimentation along Faults of the San Andreas System 105-110 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |