Axis Co. Rowland Well No. 1 (no specific depth) (Miocene of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Etringus scintillans Jordan 1907 herring