Where: San Bernardino County, California (35.1° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 114.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Barstow Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the CIT
Primary reference: B. H. Brattstrom. 1961. Some new fossil tortoises from western North America with remarks on the zoogeography and paleoecology of tortoises. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):543-560 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99597: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Gopherus mohavense" = Gopherus mohavensis, Testudo milleri
"Gopherus mohavense" = Gopherus mohavensis Merriam 1919 gopher tortoise
Testudo milleri Brattstrom 1961 gopher tortoise |