Where: Fresno County, California (36.5° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 116.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Temblor Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• reef bed
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP, USNM
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 159672: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2014, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Globothalamea | |
Bivalvia | |
Tivela gabbi Clark 1915 venus clam | |
"Ostrea bourgeoisii" = Striostrea bourgeoisii
"Ostrea bourgeoisii" = Striostrea bourgeoisii RĂ©mond 1863 oyster | |
"Pecten andersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni, "Pecten crassicardo" = Lyropecten crassicardo
"Pecten andersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten crassicardo" = Lyropecten crassicardo Conrad 1856 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
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Mammalia | |
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian | |
Echinoidea | |
"Scutella merriami" = Vaquerosella merriami
"Scutella merriami" = Vaquerosella merriami Anderson 1905 sand dollar |