Where: Kings County, California (35.9° N, 120.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 118.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: San Joaquin Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• early Blancan; Pecten zone
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: C. A. Repenning and R. H. Tedford. 1977. Otarioid seals of the Neogene. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992:1-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 151983: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.10.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Valenictus imperialensis Mitchell 1961 walrus |