Sulphur Canyon (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (34.4° N, 119.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 116.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Modelo Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; diatomaceous shale

• diatomaceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. R. David. 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 43:1-187 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 185676: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.05.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Xyne grex Jordan and Gilbert 1919 herring