Also known as LACM 6906J
Where: Orange County, California (33.6° N, 117.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 114.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Monterey Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• probably upper Monterey
Environment/lithology: basinal (); yellow, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: D. P. Domning. 1978. Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 118:1-176 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 52213: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Mammalia | |
Dusisiren jordani Kellogg 1925 dugong | |
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821 sperm whale | |
aff. Pithanodelphis sp. Abel 1905 toothed whale | |
Cetotheriidae indet. Brandt 1872 whale | |
Imagotaria downsi Mitchell 1968 walrus | |
Pithanotaria starri Kellogg 1925 eared seal | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark | |
Cetorhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 basking shark |