Also known as Butte Tooth

Where: Kern County, California (35.6° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 100.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 4b Member (Goler Formation), Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

• Lofgren et al. 2014: The mammalian fauna from member 4a and the lower part of member 4b is collectively referred to as the Goler Assemblage. the Goler Assemblage is probably middle Tiffanian (Ti3–Ti4a), although a Ti5a age is also possible.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Lofgren, M. McKenna, J. Honey, R. Nydam, C. Wheaton, B. Yokote, L. Henn, W. Hanlon, S. Manning and C. McGee. 2014. New Records of Eutherian Mammals from the Goler Formation (Tiffanian, Paleocene) of California and Their Biostratigraphic and Paleobiogeographic Implications. American Museum Novitates 3797:1-57 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224208: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 31.01.2022

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