UCMP 1056 (Miocene to of the United States)

Where: California (33.8° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 112.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Topanga Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

• =Temblor

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: V. L. VanderHoof. 1937. A study of the Miocene sirenian Desmostylus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 24(8):169-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 159670: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella ocoyana Conrad 1855 turret shell
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian