North Dome (USGS M1032) ( of the United States)

Where: Kings County, California (35.9° N, 120.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 119.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pecten Zone Member (middle San Joaquin Formation), Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: C. A. Repenning. 1976. Enhydra and Enhydriodon from the Pacific Coast of North America. Journal of Research of the United States Geological Survey 4(3):305-315 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19700: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• same as USGS 12335 (invertebrate locality)
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydritherium sp. Berta and Morgan 1985 otter