San Pablo Dam (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as UCMP V-3408
Where: Contra Costa County, California (37.9° N, 122.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 117.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Briones Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
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 91533: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.10.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pecten (Pseudamusium) peckhami" = Delectopecten peckhami
"Pecten (Pseudamusium) peckhami" = Delectopecten peckhami Gabb 1869 scallop |