Also known as RV-8237
Where: Kern County, California (35.2° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 112.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bopesta Formation, Hemingfordian to Hemingfordian (20.4 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: J. P. Quinn. 1987. Stratigraphy Of The Middle Miocene Bopesta Formation, Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 393:1-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 19202: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
cf. Miolabis sp. Hay 1899 camel | |
Acritohippus stylodontus Merriam 1919 horse |