Kettleman Hills (Pliocene of the United States)

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
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Valenictus imperialensis Mitchell 1961 walrus