Also known as LACM 6069
Where: Kern County, California (35.3° N, 119.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 114.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Temblor Formation, Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; gray lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: C. Pimiento and M. Balk. 2015. The extinct giant shark Carcharocles megalodon: A model for understanding deep-time body size trends of marine apex predators. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 160740: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 27.08.2014, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
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