Granite Canyon 2 (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-71013

Where: Kern County, California (35.6° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 113.8° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Round Mountain Member (Temblor Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Barstovian

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: L. G. Barnes. 1988. A new fossil pinniped (Mammalia: Otariidae) from the middle Miocene Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, California. Contributions in Science 396:1-11 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59060: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2006, edited by Catalina Pimiento

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Pelagiarctos thomasi Barnes 1988 walrus
Aves
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula sp.1 Brisson 1760 booby
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Presbychen abavus1 Wetmore 1930 duck
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon2
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon2 Agassiz 1835 megalodon
UCMP 190987