Cantua Creek (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Fresno County, California (36.5° N, 120.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 116.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Temblor Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the CAS
Primary reference: V. L. VanderHoof. 1937. A study of the Miocene sirenian Desmostylus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 24(8):169-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 91484: 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 |