Where: California (34.0° N, 118.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 115.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: core
• Specimens found by Dr. Lore Rose David
Primary reference: H. L. Fierstine, R. W. Huddleston, and G. T. Takeuchi. 2012. Catalog of the Neogene bony fishes of California: A systematic inventory of all published accounts. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 159:1-206 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 234665: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 27.04.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Etringus scintillans Jordan 1907 herring |