Where: Orange County, California (33.7° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 112.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Vaqueros Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Dooley, L. G. Barnes, and M. Kearin. 2004. A new taxon of squalodontid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the lower Miocene Vaqueros Formation in southern California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):53A-53A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55691: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.11.2005

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