UCMP 1056 (Miocene to of the United States)
Where: California (33.8° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 112.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Topanga Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• =Temblor
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
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 159670: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella ocoyana Conrad 1855 turret shell |