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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pliohippus tantalus Merriam 1913 horse | |
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