Also known as SDSNH 4521A, LH-1 and LH-4 of Finger 1988, 1992

Where: Orange County, California (33.6° N, 117.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.9° N, 108.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Saddleback Mountain Limestone Member (Monterey Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, calcareous sandstone and marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with silica

Primary reference: C. J. Stadum and K. L. Finger. 2016. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Miocene Saddleback Valley Limestone, Orange County, Southern California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 524:31-49 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 196169: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 06.09.2018

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