Crites No. 1 Well ( of the United States)

Where: Kern County, California (35.3° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 117.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Etchegoin Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

• Uper Etchegoin

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. J. Hesse. 1934. Another record of the fossil Vole Mimomys Primus (Wilson) from California. Journal of Mammalogy 15(3) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 19666: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• only specimen from a drill core
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cosomys primus Wilson 1932 vole