Where: Monterey County, California (36.8° N, 121.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 119.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Santa Margarita Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• 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 152097: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.11.2013

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