UCMP 1056: Burdigalian - Langhian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Desmostylidae
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Desmostylus hesperus
Marsh 1888
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella ocoyana
Conrad 1855
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California |
| Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 117.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.0° North, 112.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian - Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Topanga | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: =Temblor | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 159670 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-08-06 10:17:08 | Last modified: | 2020-06-14 02:11:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-06 10:17:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52149. | V. L. VanderHoof. 1937. A study of the Miocene sirenian Desmostylus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 24(8):169-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |