Devil's Den (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Kern County, California (35.7° N, 120.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 115.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Temblor Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the CAS
Primary reference: V. L. VanderHoof. 1937. A study of the Miocene sirenian Desmostylus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 24(8):169-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 159668: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Show authors, comments, and common names
Mammalia | |
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian |