Where: Santa Cruz County, California (37.1° N, 122.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 119.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Santa Margarita Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Fran Govean in 1998

Collection methods: salvage

• Collected by Fran Govean (Petra Paleontology) as part of mitigation work during construction of mini-storage facility.

Primary reference: F. A. Perry. 2000. And the results are... (Fossils salvaged during development of the Graham Quarry, Scotts Valley). Monterey Bay Paleontological Society Bulletin 4(3) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 168017: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.04.2015

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