Where: Orange County, California (33.6° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 115.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Monterey Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
• said to be Hemphillian, Barnes (1977) clarifies that the formation at this locality is Monterey not Capistrano as originally stated by Savage and Barnes (1972).
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. W. Conkling. 1991. Report on a new Hemphillian (Miocene) fauna from the El Toro area of Orange County, California, and a comparison of it with Hemphillian faunas from the Mojave Desert. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 38(2):1-46 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 19342: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Pecten (Lyropecten) crassicardo" = Lyropecten crassicardo2, "Pecten (Lyropecten) estrellanus" = Nodipecten estrellanus2
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"Mya dickersoni" = Mya (Arenomya) dickersoni4
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"Macoma secta" = Rexithaerus secta4
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Mammalia | |
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874 horse | |
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"Loxolithax stocktoni" = Salumiphocaena stocktoni3
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