Coalinga, North (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP 2124

Where: Fresno County, California (36.3° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 116.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Temblor Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: J. C. Merriam. 1911. Notes on the genus Desmostylus of Marsh. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 6(18):403-412 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91485: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian