Oakdale (Miocene to of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-3212; DUPLICATE REF 3493 or 3494

Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.8° N, 120.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 118.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mehrten Formation, Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, bentonitic, pebbly sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: V. L. VanderHoof. 1933. A Skull of Pliohippus tantalus From the Later Tertiary of the Sierran Foothills of California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 23:183-194 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19468: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus alexanderi Dorf 1930 poplar
fide Ralph W. Chaney
Salix coalingensis Dorf 1930 willow
fide Ralph W. Chaney
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros
DUPLICATE REF 3493 or 3494
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus tantalus Merriam 1913 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
large DUPLICATE REF 3493 or 3494