Templeton (Miocene of the United States)

Where: San Luis Obispo County, California (35.6° N, 120.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 116.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• deposits appear to be equivalent in time to the Temblor Formation

Environment/lithology: marine; volcaniclastic claystone

• aluminous clay... derived from volcanic detritus of an andesitic nature

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. Kellogg. 1925. Two physeteroid whales from California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 348(1):1-35 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45495: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Idiophyseter merriami n. gen. n. sp.
Idiophyseter merriami n. gen. n. sp. Kellogg 1925 sperm whale