Santa Margarita, southeast (Pliocene of the United States)
Where: San Luis Obispo County, California (35.4° N, 120.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 119.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Paso Robles Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• upper Pliocene
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
• gravel and sand
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. Kellogg. 1921. A new Pinniped from the Upper Pliocene of California. Journal of Mammalogy 2(4):212-226 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59134: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
Pliopedia pacifica n. gen. n. sp.
Pliopedia pacifica n. gen. n. sp. Kellogg 1921 walrus | |