Cape May, west (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Where: Cape May County, New Jersey (38.9° N, 74.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 74.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Kardas. 1965. Notas sobre el genero Odobenus (Mammalia, Pinnipedia). 1. Una nueva suespecie fosil del Pleistoceno superior-Holoceno. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural. Organo del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Joseph de Acosta Seccion Geologica 63:363-380 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 102847: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
"Odobenus obesus" = Trichechus obesus
"Odobenus obesus" = Trichechus obesus Gill 1866 walrus
subspecies antiquus