Santa Cruz (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V73006, USGS M1109

Where: Santa Cruz County, California (37.0° N, 122.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 118.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Purisima Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic conglomerate

• glauconitic pebble bed

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. Kellogg. 1927. Fossil Pinnipeds from California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 27-37 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52217: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dusisiren dewana2
Dusisiren dewana2 Takahashi et al. 1986 dugong
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
cf. Dusignathus santacruzensis
cf. Dusignathus santacruzensis Kellogg 1927 walrus
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet.1
Odontoceti indet.1 Flower 1867 toothed whale
new species
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis1
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis1 Agassiz 1838 white shark
1Domning 1978; 2Domning and Furusawa 1995