Drakes Bay 2 (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as UCMP V6858
Where: Marin County, California (38.0° N, 123.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 120.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Drakes Bay Member (Purisima Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithology not reported
• strong influence of physical processes (waves, etc.)
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: L. G. Barnes. 1977. Outline of eastern North Pacific fossil cetacean assemblages. Systematic Zoology 25(4):321-343 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 75782: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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