Narrow Cape (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Alaska (57.4° N, 152.5° W: paleocoordinates 58.4° N, 148.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Narrow Cape Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• lower middle Miocene
Environment/lithology: coastal; fine-grained, gray sandstone and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
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 59983: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.04.2006
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Desmostylia indet. Reinhart 1953 desmostylian | |
? Desmatophoca sp. Condon 1906 pinniped |