Vedder (UCMP V-69140) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.9° N, 119.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 113.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Branch Canyon Formation, Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: J. Munthe. 1979. The Hemingfordian mammal fauna of the Vedder locality Branch Canyon Formation, Santa Barbara, California. Part III. Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla and summary. PaleoBios 29:1-22 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19600: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Ticholeptus cf. calimontanus Dougherty 1940 oreodont