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; lithology not reported
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 19227: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Merychippus cf. intermontanus" = Scaphohippus intermontanus
"Merychippus cf. intermontanus" = Scaphohippus intermontanus Merriam 1915 horse |