San Clemente (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 4631

Where: Orange County, California (33.4° N, 117.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 115.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• latest Miocene, 5 to 8.5 Ma

Environment/lithology: offshore; brown, gray, sandy siltstone

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: L. G. Barnes and R. E. Raschke. 1991. Gomphotaria pugnax, a new genus and species of late Miocene dusignathine otariid pinniped (Mammalia: Carnivora) from California. Contributions in Science 426:1-16 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59067: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet.1 Gray 1850 beaked whale
undescribed species
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Gomphotaria pugnax n. gen. n. sp.
Gomphotaria pugnax n. gen. n. sp. Barnes and Raschke 1991 walrus
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Miomancalla howardi n. sp.2 Smith 2011 auk