San Luis (Miocene of the United States)
Where: San Luis Obispo County, California (35.3° N, 120.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 116.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Monterey Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Primary reference: T. Shikama. 1966. Postcranial skeletons of Japanese Desmostylia. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 12:1-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 91480: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Mammalia | |
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian |