LACM 1230 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 115.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: upper Member (Modelo Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Locality is within the outcrops of diatomaceous shale that have been mapped as the Upper Member of the Modelo Formation of late Miocene age.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, diatomaceous shale

• diatomaceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. G. Barnes. 1985. The Late Miocene dolphin Pithanodelphis Abel, 1905 (Cetacea: Kentriodontidae) from California. Contributions in Science 367:1-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45463: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
"Pithanodelphis nasalis" = Atocetus nasalis
"Pithanodelphis nasalis" = Atocetus nasalis Barnes 1985 toothed whale