North Dome (Locality 118): Blancan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor cf. californicus
Kellogg 1911
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Kings |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 120.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.7° North, 119.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | San Joaquin | Member: | Pecten Zone |
| Local section: | Kettl | Local bed: | 4 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Database number: | 19691 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1996-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1996-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3768. | W. P. Woodring, R. Stewart, and R. W. Richards. 1940. Geology of the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, California, Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Structure. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 195:1-170 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd] |