North Dome (Pliomastodon Locality) ( of the United States)
Where: Fresno County, California (36.1° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 119.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: just below Pecten Zone Member (San Joaquin Formation), Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: W. D. Matthew. 1930. A Pliocene mastodon skull from California, Pliomastodon vexillarius, n. sp. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 19(16):335-348 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details
PaleoDB collection 19699: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• could be in Kings Co.
see Woodring et al. 1941 for stratigraphic position
see Woodring et al. 1941 for stratigraphic position
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Mammut matthewi Osborn 1921 mastodon | |