Also known as V-3936
Where: Alameda County, California (37.5° N, 121.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 117.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Claremont Formation (Monterey Group), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, carbonaceous siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: J. M. Rensberger. 1969. A new iniid cetacean from the Miocene of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 82:1-34 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 12120: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.10.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Sirenia indet. sirenian | |
Kampholophos serrulus n. gen. n. sp.
Kampholophos serrulus n. gen. n. sp. Rensberger 1969 toothed whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark |