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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Gomphotaria pugnax n. gen. n. sp.
Gomphotaria pugnax n. gen. n. sp. Barnes and Raschke 1991 walrus | |
Aves | |
Miomancalla howardi n. sp.2
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