Where: Kern County, California (35.2° N, 118.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° 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; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 19215: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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