Rancho el Refugio (Miocene to of Mexico)

Also known as Santiago

Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (23.4° N, 109.7° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 107.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Refugio Formation, Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• formerly Salada Formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. A. Repenning and R. H. Tedford. 1977. Otarioid seals of the Neogene. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992:1-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59149: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.03.2006

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Taxonomic list

• Rancho el Refugio Local Fauna
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Aivukus cedrosensis Repenning and Tedford 1977 walrus